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A man with short dark hair sits cross-legged on a woven straw mat at the centre of a circular ring of burning logs and stones on bare sandy ground. He wears a white kurta and white dhoti with an orange-saffron shawl draped over his shoulders and a saffron cloth tied at his waist, his hands resting together in his lap with eyes closed in meditation. The fire ring glows orange around him, with a faint smoke rising from the cleared sand at the centre. Outdoor ashram setting with dry grass in the background.

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