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A photo taken in a long temple colonnade with red-painted wooden beams and pillars. A central figure with long swept-back dark hair and a tilak on his forehead wears an orange saffron robe, a yellow shawl, and a heavy garland of green leaves, pink flowers and white jasmine, carrying a gold-tipped staff. Behind him a bare-chested man wears a rudraksha mala and a young attendant in a white dhoti carries a metal plate. Several other people in orange and white walk through the crowded corridor.

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