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Photograph in an outdoor compound with sandy ground and a palm tree at left. A bare-backed man in a saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulder and wrapped around his head, seen from behind, lifts a tall golden trident (trishul) upright. Standing around him, a man in a pink shirt rests his hand on a low brick wall, a man in white dhoti and shirt stands nearby, and another in white holds papers at right. Behind them, a peach-coloured building with red doors and window frames has framed portraits of a saffron-clad figure on its wall, and a white-clad attendant stands at left beside a signboard reading Information Centre.
Photo 17 of 69 from 2 April 2003

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