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A dusty village lane beside a pink-walled shrine with a red-trimmed porch and a tree shading it. A silver car door is open at left. A bald man in white with an orange shawl stands at centre, holding a small pink booklet, with a crowd of about twenty people around him, many in orange and yellow saffron-toned clothing, some with sindoor or tilak marks, several elderly women wearing head coverings. A man in a navy polo and white cap stands at left, another in an orange top sits in the car. A dog lies at the back near a hut. Whether the bald man in white is the a person candidate cannot be determined from appearance alone.

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