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A seated elderly bald man with a white-haired fringe, bare-chested and wearing an orange cloth wrap and a long beaded necklace, sits on a white-draped seat with a floral garland of red and white blossoms on his head. A young man in an orange sleeveless robe leans forward offering a brass-like tray of fruit, including red apples and yellow fruit. Another man in white with orange shawl stands behind, and a figure in orange sits at left edge. Background is a large red-orange patterned backdrop. Seated man shows no distinctive presentation cues confirming identity, so role is devotee receiving offering.

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