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Inside a red-railed shrine enclosure, a man in a red-brown turban and ochre robe with gold necklace raises his hands above a cascade of pink and white flower petals falling from a garland. Beside him, a bearded man in orange kurta and orange shawl holds rose petals in both hands. Several shaven-headed priests in ochre and white garments stand behind the railing, one with a vertical tilak and another with rudraksha beads, some with hands folded in prayer. A wicker basket of petals sits on the right and a glass-walled case is at the left edge. The appearance of the turbaned central figure is consistent with the a person label from the page, with turban, ochre robe and gold necklace as the qualifying cues, though this is an appearance-based candidate only.

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