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Indoor photograph in a whitewashed room with a black pillar and framed pictures on the walls. A smiling man in a saffron-orange turban and matching saffron-orange robe, wearing a pink and white flower garland and a rudraksha-style dark necklace, stands on the left with his hands extended toward the group. Beside him a woman in a purple patterned saree with white border presses her palms together in greeting. To the right, an older woman in white with glasses and a woman in teal and pink saris stand among other women in saris. Several other women stand or sit in the background. The saffron turban, robe and garland suggest a visitor being welcomed, with appearance cues that only loosely fit a probable identification, so the label is unsure.

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