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Photograph of an ancient stone temple shikhara rising under a bright blue sky, with carved horizontal bands on its weathered grey stone. In the foreground a smiling man with long dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, wearing an orange saffron robe and a heavy gold beaded necklace, sits on a white plastic chair holding a small trident. Beside him a man in a grey top holds a long staff, and a shaved-headed man in orange robes sits at right in the foreground. Another person in an orange-red headwrap stands behind. Several silver ceremonial trishula staffs are held by people at the lower edge. a person: the seated saffron-robed man has long hair, a gold necklace and orange attire, so the appearance matches the page reference to a person, presented in a presence-of-devotees role.