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A seated man with long dreadlocked hair and a beard wears a rust-red shawl over his shoulders and a red-brown dhoti, with a vertical tilak on his forehead. He holds a microphone in one hand while extending the other toward a small open flame on the ground, beside a brass stand and small offerings. Nearby sit several bare-chested men in white dhotis with rudraksha malas, one with hands folded, and a woman in a teal and cream sari with gold jewellery and a bun kneels at left, holding a camera. Orange-robed people stand behind a wooden platform under a pillared roof, with a red powder bowl and a towel in the foreground. a person is the man with dreadlocks seated at the fire, based on long hair and rust-red robes with a microphone, though his face is not used for identification.

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