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Outdoor street scene beside a grey SUV, with a crowd pressing forward under green trees. At centre, a smiling bare-chested man wears a red-and-saffron cloth wrapped at his waist, a long rudraksha mala, a large ceremonial gold pendant and flower garlands, with gold armbands. A woman in a red-and-orange sari with a flower-decorated braid reaches toward him, and a woman in a white sari with a red border stands in the foreground. Behind him a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti and shawl with a striped border and a mala is held by a devotee. Men in white shirts and light trousers surround them, with one holding a phone. The image is a photograph of an public welcome with people, not a graphic.