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Evening arrival at an ashram: a man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a white and red flower garland and gold necklaces, looks out from the open rear door of a black SUV. In the foreground, a shaved-headed devotee in saffron cloth with a rudraksha mala and a yellow-and-red flower garland stands with his back to the camera, raising a hand-held video camera toward the car. Another saffron-clad attendant stands behind the vehicle, while bright backlit light and haze fill the right side of the frame. The man in the car has long swept-back hair and a tilak mark on his forehead, and his appearance is consistent with the ornate-clothing and garland cues attributed to a person, so the identity is probable rather than confirmed.

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