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A smiling bare-chested man stands before a warm sandstone wall, wearing an orange dhoti wrapped at the waist and a white ash marking with a vertical red-orange tilak on his forehead. White ash or powder is smeared across his shoulders and chest. He appears to be a devotee or ritual participant at a Dwajarohanam-related event; there are no visible ceremonial items. Vertical copyright text runs along the right edge of the photo.

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