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A man with long swept-back dark hair sits cross-legged in meditation on a low wooden seat atop a woven mat, eyes closed, hands resting in his lap. He wears a saffron-orange robe draped over one shoulder and a long dark rudraksha mala around his neck, with a red kumkum mark on his forehead. Before him on the ground is a brass kalasha and a folded maroon cloth with green border, on a circle of white pebbles with colourful rangoli dots. Behind him stands a black stone Nandi bull garlanded with yellow, red and purple flower strings, in front of a tall copper pillar and an orange stepped platform, with palm trees and small stone shrines in the background. Appearance-based identification is uncertain here; the saffron robe, rudraksha mala and meditative posture are visible but the robe is the only striking cue.

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