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Outdoors under a bright sky, a smiling man in white kurta and white dhoti-style clothing holds out a brass tray of fruit to a woman in orange sannyasi-style robes. The tray holds red apples, yellow bananas, a golden-yellow citrus fruit, mangoes, green grapes, marigold-like yellow flowers and green mango leaves. The woman wears a gold necklace and is smiling; a video camera is at the right edge. Behind them, a standing man in white with a rudraksha mala and a pendant necklace smiles, and a trident-topped staff rises above the crowd. A red fringed canopy is visible at the top right. Several other people in white and orange clothing stand around, and a devotee wearing an orange cloth is visible at the right. A man in white at left, mid-laugh, holds the tray.

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