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A smiling man with long dark hair and a red bindi stands with his hands pressed together at chest level. He wears an orange-brown robe draped over one shoulder and a thick multicolour garland of yellow, purple and red flowers with gold bead ornaments. Behind him, two men in matching orange-brown robes and rudraksha malas stand in a row, one with a shaved head and white tilak, the other with glasses and a shaved head. A red chair is at the left edge and string lights glow in the background. a person: the central man wears a garland and orange-brown robe, but his hair is not clearly long and swept-back, and only a few cues are present, so identity is uncertain.

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