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Outdoor photograph on bare reddish-brown earth at dusk, with a pale sky and distant trees. A bare-chested man with long dark hair wears an orange cloth wrapped at the waist and over the shoulder, and stands with his palms pressed together in greeting. Beside him, a man in a white kurta with a saffron-orange shawl and a beaded mala stands with hands joined. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and checked lungi bows low, prostrating himself on the ground. Behind them, several men in white dhotis and kurtas stand watching, one in dark-framed glasses with hands clasped, and a man in a grey shirt and green lungi with palms pressed together. A cameraman with a video camera on the left is filming. A white vehicle and a partly built structure are visible in the background.

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