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A shirtless young man performs a balancing pose atop a tall vertical wooden pole during a mallakhamba pole yoga demonstration. He stands on one leg with arms spread wide, wearing navy blue shorts with green trim and a white beaded necklace. Behind him is an ornate gold-painted structure with carved scrollwork and lattice windows, under a cloudy sky, with metal scaffolding at the right edge. Partial hands of a spotter steady the pole at lower left, and a few heads of onlookers appear at the bottom edge.