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Outdoor ceremony photo of two seated men in saffron robes on a leopard-print cloth. The man on the left wears a rudraksha headband, a heavy gold necklace with a large pendant, gold armbands and a sacred-ash marking on his forehead and arms, and smiles while his hands rest clasped in his lap. Beside him an elderly, bald, bare-chested man in saffron cloth with a gold-bead necklace and rudraksha mala sits with eyes lowered, receiving the moment in quiet stillness. Behind them several men in white dhotis with sacred ash and saffron shawls sit or stand, and a brass vessel is visible near the seated figures. Stone architecture forms the backdrop. The scene reads as a temple-yard ritual or satsang with the two seated men at the centre.

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Two saffron-robed men sit cross-legged on a mat over a leopard-print cloth outdoors during a temple ceremony. The man on the left, with long swept-back hair, a red forehead mark and white tripundra, wears a thick gold necklace, rudraksha-style beads at his brow, and gold armbands; he smiles and rests his hands on his knee. The man on the right, with a shaved head, white vibhuti marks, a rudraksha mala and a wrap draped over a bare chest, sits beside a brass kalasha-style vessel. Behind them, several men in white dhotis and orange cloths sit or stand, and a white plastic chair appears at right. Text in the lower-right corner reads a copyright line.2012-06-05Outdoor photograph of two seated men in saffron-orange robes on a leopard-print cloth, with a few standing onlookers in white behind. The man on the left has long swept-back hair, a crown-like rudraksha band, long gold necklace, rudraksha mala, and gold bangles, smiling and seated cross-legged with a hand on his knee. 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