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Outdoor photo at a green metal gate with dry bushes and yellow flowers behind. A smiling man with long swept-back dark hair, bare-chested in an orange shawl, wears a long white and blue flower garland with gold beaded necklaces and rudraksha beads, and has a white sandalwood mark on his arm. He is a person candidate, shown in person, given his long hair, orange clothing and ceremonial gold necklaces. Beside him a woman in a red and orange sari holds a silver kalasha pot with a flower and a tray. Two young men in orange garments stand to the right, and a small boy in white dhoti presses his palms together at left.
Photo 842 of 960 from 3 July 2012

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