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Two saffron-robed young male devotees sit in front of an ornate white carved wooden arch draped with gold curtains and a potted palm. The seated man on the left, wearing a white face mask, holds a microphone and presses his palms together in namaskar, with rudraksha malas and white ash marks on his arms. The young man on the right, with a black turban and red tilak on his forehead, holds a coconut in his hand. Behind them is a large cardboard cutout portrait of a smiling bearded man in a red-and-gold turban, gold necklaces and garlands, raising one hand in blessing. A brass lamp and flowers sit on a wooden table in the lower left.

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