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A photograph of a doorway at a house visit. A man in a white shirt and grey trousers, with grey hair, bends forward with his hands joined toward a smiling man in a rust-brown saffron-toned robe with a gold-bordered cloth. The smiling man wears a red flower garland and a white jasmine garland with a green leaf bundle, and his arms are open toward the door. Behind him, a bald man in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala and white vibhuti marks stands near the entrance. Several people in white clothing are visible through a green iron grille behind them, and green mango leaves hang above the window. The smiling man shows distinctive long hair and garlands, but the appearance is uncertain for an identity call.

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