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A photo of an evening puja at a temple-style shrine with a stone pillar and red-orange drapes. A man with long, swept-back hair in an orange dhoti and shawl with gold borders holds a lit oil lamp aloft toward a table draped in red and orange cloth. The table is stacked with white books bearing a smiling woman's portrait, red flower garlands, a brass lamp stand and a brass vessel. A priest in white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha-style beads stands behind him, with another orange-clad attendant holding a tray at left. Orange garlands and flower decorations hang from the shrine. a person candidate: the orange-clad man with long hair and gold-bordered clothing is an appearance-based probable match, presented as the central officiant.

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A photograph taken at dusk inside a temple-style hall. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha-style mala, holds a lit camphor flame on a plate toward a stone shrine. Behind him a second man in white dhoti with gold border and a gold-beaded necklace holds a bell-like vessel. The shrine is decorated with orange drapes, hanging orange beads, palm fronds and flower arrangements. On a table draped in orange and red cloth sit stacks of books with cover photographs of a smiling woman, brass oil lamps, marigold-red flowers and a brass tray. Smoke rises in the background.2011-03-03A photograph of a temple-like pavilion at dusk. In the foreground a bare-footed man in orange silk robes with gold borders holds a lit lamp toward an altar, with long hair, a white forehead mark and a multi-strand flower garland. Behind him, two men stand: one in orange holds a brass tray, the other in white dhoti with gold border and beaded neck garland is a priest. 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