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A photograph in a bright hall where a young man in an orange-saffron dhoti-style wrap with red borders and a cream turban carries a red wooden tray divided into compartments holding rudraksha malas, fruit and small packets. He wears rudraksha beads on his arm and neck and stands with his back partly to the camera, offering items to devotees. Nearby a woman in an orange sari with a red bindi and beaded necklace smiles, and a child in a teal top stands at left. An elderly man in white ritual clothes appears at right. Framed portraits hang on the wall behind. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable from appearance, so the identity remains uncertain.

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