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A bare-chested man with shoulder-length dark wavy hair and a beard sits cross-legged with eyes closed and palms pressed together in anjali mudra at chest level. He wears a long string of rudraksha malas, a small pendant with a framed portrait, a white dhoti with an orange-and-red bordered cloth, and white vibhuti marks on his forehead and arms. Behind him are bookshelves, a red drape and a framed deity image, with a stone fire pit at left. No other people are visible. The man is a devotee at the temple, not identifiable from appearance here, so no candidate is labelled.

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