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An older man with grey hair, glasses and a white vertical tilak mark on his forehead sits on a wooden bench, wearing a cream sleeveless nehru-style vest over white kurta and white dhoti. He holds an open book bound with yellow cord on a wooden stand and looks down reading. At left, a person in a striped shirt with red sacred threads on the wrist and gold rings sits beside him. Behind, a man in white dhoti with gold border stands, and a woman in red sari with gold jewellery is seated at right.
Photo 555 of 580 from 27 April 2016

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