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A vintage photograph, labelled in the top right as "8th Chaturmasya 10 years of age July 29, 1988", shows a young boy standing outdoors on a green hillside. He wears a red-orange cloth draped over his head and shoulders, a red-orange waist wrap, a red beaded mala necklace, and white ash markings on his chest and forehead. He raises his right hand in blessing, with a mala on his wrist, and holds a wooden staff topped with a yellow cloth. Behind him a small temple structure sits on a rocky hilltop above a valley of trees and buildings. Whether this child is a person cannot be determined from appearance alone.