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A dimly lit photo inside a temple shrine. In the centre, a figure in an orange-saffron robe and draped orange dhoti, wearing a rudraksha mala, walks toward a stone shrine holding a deity murti, with a lit lamp and a brass pole beside it. On the left, a man in white clothes with an orange shawl stands at the edge of the frame. In the lower foreground, a seated person with long dark hair, a white garment and a golden-brown sash has palms pressed together in namaskar, facing the shrine. Colourful fabric hangs at the top right. The image is not clearly a mark of recognised ritual, but shows devotional worship at a shrine. a person appearance cues are present on the central figure: orange ascetic robe and rudraksha mala, so it is labelled as a probable identification.

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