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Outdoor photo of a youth weightlifting display on dry dirt ground. A bare-chested young man in white dhoti-style trousers and a white shirt lifts a barbell loaded with blue discs in a white frame, grimacing with effort. A crowd stands around him, many in white ritual clothes and some wearing orange headbands; a man in a white dhoti and gold-bordered cloth stands at left, and a woman in orange and a sannyasi in orange stand at right. Spectators sit on the ground in front, and a cameraman in white kneels at lower left. Text on the image reads Paramashivam Rights Reserved and

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