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Photograph in an open-sided workshop with a grey block wall behind. A bearded elder in a long orange robe and red sneakers stands centre, holding a walking staff, looking toward a wooden statue of a seated figure in the right foreground, its back and shoulders visible. Around him, five men in orange and saffron-brown robes with rudraksha malas and tilaks stand and watch, one at left touching his ear and smiling, two at right with hands clasped. A pink and striped cloth covers a table at left, and a gold ornate palanquin or chariot canopy appears at upper right. The elder appears to be an Indian sannyasi; no appearance-based identification is made.

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