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Photograph of a group of saffron-robed men walking through a temple corridor at night, with a red and white lattice railing on the left and a silver trident leaning against the wall. A man in the centre wears a rust-red dhoti, a large brown rudraksha mala and a white and magenta flower garland, smiling and gesturing toward the railing. Beside him, a bearded man in an orange-yellow shawl and white and magenta garland walks forward. Behind them, several sanyasis in orange and rust clothing, some with shaved heads and tripundra markings, follow. One holds a striped tiger-print cloth. Marble floor and pillars frame the scene. a person appearance cues are not clearly established for a single individual, so identity remains uncertain.

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