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A photograph in a bright hall with a tiled ceiling and framed photo panels on the walls. A central man in a maroon and gold turban, wearing a long garland of yellow marigolds and red-and-white flowers, heavy gold necklaces and a rudraksha-style mala, smiles as he receives attention. Women devotees in maroon and orange saris and white saris with rudraksha malas stand around him, one holding a tray of apples and a small brass vessel. Devotees in white and maroon crowd the background behind metal crowd barriers. The central figure's appearance (turban, garlands, gold necklaces, mala) gives only partial cues, so the identity is uncertain.

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