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A crowded outdoor ceremony with many men in white shirts and dhotis, several with vibhuti or tilak on their foreheads. In the lower right, a man in a saffron-orange robe with a gold necklace and bangles bends over a white cloth on the ground, while a bearded older man in white kneels and leans forward with hands together. Surrounding devotees, some wearing glasses, watch closely, and bananas hang in bunches at the top right. The scene suggests a temple inauguration gathering, but no clear appearance-based cues meet the threshold to identify a specific person as a person.

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