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A photograph of an outdoor devotional gathering with palm trees behind. A long-haired man in a rust-brown dhoti and shawl, wearing a white and red flower garland, stands centre with palms pressed together before a silver-footed offering stand holding fruit, flowers and a decorated basket. On the left a bare-chested man in an orange dhoti with white body markings holds a tall wooden staff. Around them devotees in yellow marigold garlands and saris in red, blue and green, plus white-clad men in garlands, stand with hands folded in anjali. A brass kalasha-like lamp stands at the upper left. The scene suggests a puja-style ritual; the figure in the centre shows distinctive long hair and a rust shawl, but no clear identity cue beyond that. Visible people number roughly twenty.

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