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Outdoor photo beneath a rocky hill covered in green scrub and trees. A figure in a red robe and long white garland sits on an ornate brown cushioned seat on a red mat, hands pressed together in namaskar, bare feet visible. Brass pots and kalasha vessels sit on the ground in front, with pink flower petals and garlands spread at the lower left. A person in white kneels at the far right, tending the setting. The scene suggests a puja or pada puja at an open-air hillside site. The seated figure's appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to confirm identity, and the page does not state a person is present.

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May 17 20112011-05-17Outdoor photograph on a rocky hilltop with a brown granite hill and green shrubs behind. A person in a red-orange robe with a red-orange shawl sits cross-legged on a boulder with eyes closed, wearing a long gold-and-orange flower garland and a red bindi, with pink flower petals placed before them. On the right, a hand holds a small brass lamp with a flame over the scene. Brass vessels and a stacked wooden box sit on nearby rocks. The person's features are not clear enough to identify, so no a person candidate is claimed and the identity is left unsure.2011-05-17Outdoor photograph on a hillside with dense green trees and a rocky hill behind. On the right, a person with long dark hair sits on a patterned brown and gold cushioned seat draped in a red garment, wearing a red rudraksha-style mala and a white flower garland, bare feet on an orange mat. 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