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Two smiling men stand either side of a bronze statue of a seated bald figure with a tilak on the forehead, its legs folded on a lotus-shaped pedestal. The man on the left wears a saffron-orange robe and shawl, a red-tipped staff in one hand, a long beaded mala and a red dot on his forehead, and has a full dark beard. The man on the right wears a deep maroon robe with an orange-yellow band, an orange-beaded mala and a white tilak, and his hand rests near the statue. Behind them is a workshop with metal cabinets, a cloth-draped bundle, plastic chairs and a framed poster of deities on the back wall, plus a gold-coloured ornate pillar. A purple garland hangs along the wall.

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