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A photograph of devotees gathered in a small green-walled room during a temple visit. In the foreground, a bare-chested young sannyasi in an orange-red cloth and rudraksha mala holds a wooden tray of fruit and offerings, while a woman in a purple sari and another in a white sari reach toward him. An elderly woman with white hair wears a white sari and a garland of white and red flowers and holds a red fruit. Behind them, a man in a saffron-orange dhoti holds a camera, and another young sannyasi in orange with a mala stands near the doorway. Several other women in white and cream saris, one in red, and a man with a shaved head in orange and a mala are crowded nearby. No clearly identifiable a person figure is evident in the scene.

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