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A man in a saffron-orange shawl over his bare upper body, with a dark rudraksha mala around his neck and a tilak on his forehead, stands in front of a whitewashed wall holding a wooden stick or staff in both hands. Behind him a large signboard reads in Kannada and English, and a bilingual banner lists ritual events with a framed deity image. Seated people in white shirts and lanyards, including a woman in an orange sari and an older man, watch from the foreground. The scene appears to be an outdoor event at a temple-like site.