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Night street photograph in a crowded temple lane. A bearded man in a maroon-brown robe with a long green and white flower garland and a rudraksha mala stands at centre, smiling, with a red tilak on his forehead. Around him are sannyasis in saffron-orange cloths with white tripundra markings and beaded necklaces, a bald man in a brown robe, an older man in an orange shirt bowing and touching the feet area of the crowd, and a man in a pink-and-purple striped headwrap. Many children and onlookers press close. Behind them are a blue-painted shrine entrance, a lion-head carving, and string lights with painted deity panels on a wall. a person cues: long dark hair with rudraksha mala and a flower garland at the centre of the crowd.