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A photograph of two men in a hall exchanging an offering. On the left, a long-haired man wearing a brown and gold-bordered dhoti with a bare upper body and a brown rudraksha mala offers a blue tray of fruit, including an apple, mango and pineapple, to a bearded man on the right dressed in a flowing saffron-orange shawl and garment, who holds the tray with both hands. Behind them, seated figures in orange robes sit on orange chairs, and a banner with portraits of men and Kannada text hangs on the wall. The left man is a presumed a person by appearance, with long swept-back hair and a distinctive rudraksha mala; this is an uncertain appearance-based label. The right man is a guest swami in saffron robes receiving fruit.

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