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A man in plain white ritual clothes sits with palms pressed together in namaste before an ornate gold-carved seat draped in red and yellow fabric. He wears a rudraksha mala, a red bindi and white vibhuti lines on his forehead, and a yellow thread on his wrist. Silver trays with small bowls and red fruit sit in front of him. A woman in green sari and a woman in yellow sit nearby with eyes lowered, and a blurred head is in the foreground. The scene looks like a ritual or satsang setting; the man is not clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so he is described by role only.

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