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A photograph of an outdoor gathering in front of a red-roofed structure with palm trees behind. An elderly man with a long white beard and bald head stands centre in a saffron-orange robe, holding a long wooden staff carved as a coiled serpent. Around him, several men in rust-red and maroon robes with gold-bordered dhotis and rudraksha malas stand in a line; one on the left has hands folded and sandalwood or vibhuti marks on his arms, another in the centre holds a tall silver-topped staff, and one on the right gestures with his hand. A woman in a red-and-gold sari and other people stand in the background near a dark lingam-like shrine and a yellow flower garland. The central figure in saffron is seen with distinctive long white hair and beard and an orange robe, but this is an appearance-based label only: a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone, so the identity remains uncertain.

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