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A photograph of a devotional gathering on a stage with a green backdrop decorated with flowers. A seated figure in orange robes sits on an ornate golden throne with a red cushion, with a pink lotus emblem visible above. Several people in white dhotis or white clothes with yellow shawls surround the throne; one kneels at the feet of the seated figure, another bends forward to touch the head of the seated figure, and others stand with hands folded in namaskar. A woman in a green sari stands on the right with folded hands. A small girl in an orange top stands at the far right. A red and blue patterned carpet lies below the throne. The seated figure's identity is not established from appearance alone.

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