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Indoor temple scene with red-painted railings and a metal lamp in the foreground where a flame burns. A man in a deep red-maroon turban, bare-chested with a saffron-orange shawl and layered gold necklaces, is lighting or tending the flame with his hands. Beside him a shaved-headed priest with a yellow tilak on his forehead, a gold-bead necklace and a red-brown wrap holds a small white object. Another man in glasses and a red robe stands at the right edge, and a few other devotees are partly visible. Swamiji (probable): the turbaned man in the center, identified by his maroon turban, bare chest, saffron shawl and ornate gold necklaces; he is performing a lamp or fire offering.

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