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Two men sit cross-legged on the floor in a bare room with a red-and-grey raised platform behind them. The man on the left, bald with white forehead markings, wears a saffron-orange robe and a rudraksha mala, and his eyes are closed. The man beside him, with short hair and white forehead markings, wears white dhoti and shawl with red borders and also sits with eyes closed, hands together. In front of them on a woven mat and green cloth are brass puja items, lamps, a small brass bell, a kalasha-style vessel, and a folded orange cloth with offerings. Small red books lie on the floor. Orange cloth and a tray sit on the platform above, with a wooden cabinet at the left edge. The scene suggests a puja or meditative sitting.

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