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A photograph at an evening ritual with smoke and warm light. A man in an orange-brown wrap with long hair and a dense red and yellow marigold garland is touching the garland at his chest while facing a woman in a white and lavender sari with a hair bun, who holds a brass vessel with a lit flame. Behind them, several people in saffron-orange robes and white clothing stand in the smoky crowd, with string lights and a decorated structure in the background. The man has long swept-back hair and a dark beard; his garland and orange-brown wrap are distinctive, but the appearance is not enough to confirm an identity.

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