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Outdoor photograph at a stone temple step in Varanasi. A long-haired bare-chested man in an orange dhoti, seated on a white stone platform at left, gestures with his hands toward a seated group. Behind him is a painted wall picture of Shiva and a deity with a red background, plus framed images and marigold garlands. Around him sit many devotees in white clothes, with white caps and red lanyards, listening. A man in a white cap and white kurta sits centre-front, a woman in white sits beside him, and a video camera operator stands at right. A man in a long-haired white robe with an orange shawl stands behind the seated man. Several children sit at the lower left edge. Orange and white banners hang at the top right.

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