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A crowded doorway scene at a temple or ashram entrance, with a sunlit doorway behind. Two uniformed police officers in khaki with peaked caps and red-banded hats stand in the crowd, one on the left and one in the centre. A bare-chested, shaven-headed man in a saffron-toned cloth wears a wooden rudraksha mala and stands beside a long-haired man in a white kurta with a dark rudraksha mala and a pendant. Other men in white shirts and dhotis, some with vibhuti marks on their foreheads, press around them. A colourful ceremonial umbrella with red and yellow embroidery is visible at upper right. a person candidate: the long-haired man in white with a rudraksha mala is a possible match by appearance, but identity is uncertain.

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