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A photograph of a ritual offering in an open hall. A man in an orange saffron shawl and white dhoti, with a sandalwood-marked forehead, holds a silver tray piled with red apples and money. Beside him, a woman in a red and gold sari with a red bindi and gold necklace looks on. A younger woman in an orange garment and white jasmine flowers in her hair bends forward toward the tray, hands near the offering. Men in white shirts and dhotis stand behind in the crowd. a person cues are not clearly established, so the saffron-clad man is described as a sannyasi or devotee.

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