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A close photograph of a priest in saffron-orange dhoti and bare-chested, wearing a rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold chains, crouched over a siddha preparation. He sits beside a stone platform where a metal vessel is raised on a bed of cowdung cakes, with flames rising from the cakes and a small fire burning at the lower left. Bare hands tend the fire. In the background, a white decorated altar or pedestal is draped with white flower garlands near a stand. Only the priest's arm, shoulder and legs are visible; his face is out of frame, so his identity cannot be confirmed from this image.

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