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Outdoor photo of a seated man in a red-orange ochre robe and orange-gold dhoti, with long dark hair, a rudraksha mala across his chest and a gold necklace, sitting cross-legged in meditative posture on a white-railed raised platform. Behind him a standing attendant in orange clothing and a red-patterned headband holds the gold pole of a colourful fringed umbrella. A large grey stone object, possibly a shivalingam-like form, is draped with garlands of marigolds, roses and white flowers in red, yellow, green and purple. Other attendants in orange and white stand on the steps.

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