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Photograph of two men in saffron-orange sannyasi robes walking barefoot outside a glass-fronted building entrance at night. The man in front, wearing a saffron turban and a long necklace of ornate gold pendants, holds a small bell in his right hand and a steel bell-shaped handheld lamp (arti or puja item) in his left. Behind him, a second man in an orange robe and a red-and-gold cloth at his waist carries a brass tray with a lit flame and offerings toward the entrance. A third man in a light shirt and jeans stands inside the glass doorway. A red-and-gold ceremonial parasol stands at the right, and a banana plant sits beside the entrance.

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