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Outdoors under trees, a man with long swept-back hair and a white forehead mark stands barefoot on a black stone platform with his right arm raised. He wears an orange-brown dhoti-style cloth, a leopard-print wrap, a red and white flower garland and layered gold and beaded necklaces. Nearby, a golden deity murti stands in a shrine framed by colourful garlands and sits on a mound of red offerings. Behind him, several people in white and orange-brown robes stand with hands joined, and one holds a brass plate with a lit oil lamp and petals. Red and patterned prayer mats lie on the ground. Swamiji (probable): the man has long swept-back hair, a rudraksha-style necklace and saffron-toned clothing with gold ornaments.

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