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Indoor photo in a bare white-walled room with a dark wooden door and a tiled floor. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange sleeveless top and orange dhoti-style wrap and a long red-and-white flower garland, holds a lit lamp flame toward a offering on the floor. a person by appearance cues: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and a flower garland, performing a lamp offering. Beside him, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a rudraksha mala stands with his hands clasped. A young child in a maroon outfit is held by another man in dark trousers, and a young woman in a pink and olive salwar kameez presses her palms together in prayer. In front of the group, bananas, coconuts and flowers sit on a green leaf. A figure in orange stands at the left edge of the frame.

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