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Outdoor photo at the riverbank of the Triveni Sangam with a seated figure in an orange robe and orange top, hands pressed in namaste, sitting on a black rubber mat on sandy ground. The figure has long, dark, wavy hair, a gold necklace and a gold-coloured pendant, and wears no visible crown or turban. Beside them on the left, a bearded man in a white kurta and dhoti sits with hands in anjali. Behind them, several devotees sit or stand, including a woman in a yellow top and a woman in maroon, with more people and white clothes in the background. A silver puja lamp on a tray sits on the left edge. Pale river water is visible in the distance. The figure's appearance is consistent with a person, but the cues are not distinctive enough to confirm, so identity is uncertain.

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