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A photograph of a devotional darshan line in an indoor hall with red curtains and framed religious pictures on the wall behind. A man with long dark hair and a red-and-yellow marigold garland wears a saffron wrap over bare shoulders, adorned with a silver armlet and bangles, and is receiving an offering from a hand extended toward him. Opposite him, a monk in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala holds a tray of offerings and sweets. Around them stand devotees: an older man in a striped white shirt with hands clasped, a woman in a green sari, another woman in white with glasses, and a young man in a white shirt. a person cues include long swept hair, a marigold garland and saffron wrap with silver armlet, though the figure's appearance is partly visible.

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