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A bearded man with long dark hair, bare-shouldered and wearing a maroon-brown wrap, stands outdoors holding a lit oil lamp in a silver stand with a small flame. He wears a long multicolour garland of red roses, white, yellow and purple flowers over a rudraksha mala, and has a red-and-white vibhuti mark on his forehead. Behind him, two men in white dhotis with golden borders and rudraksha malas watch the ritual; one holds a folded maroon cloth and the other holds a book. The setting is a bright sky-lit outdoor puja.

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