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A photograph of a temple-like room with yellow cinderblock walls and a grey floor covered by red and cream rugs. A standing devotee with a shaved head and a face mask, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with gold borders and white ash markings on the chest, holds a brass five-branch lamp with lit flames toward a wall-mounted flat-screen TV. The screen shows a bearded man in a black turban, gold and red ornate clothing and a rudraksha-style garland, seated before an ornate gold backdrop, appearing to be a livestreamed broadcast. Below the TV is a green cloth draped table with a gold-bordered runner, and a small dark figure with a yellow cloth stands beside brass lamps and a maroon cushion. a person identification is based on a single screen depiction with a turban and ornate garland, presented with no confirmed name.

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