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Outdoor photo of a bare-backed priest in an orange dhoti and orange shawl standing on a stone platform, holding a flaming ritual lamp aloft under a colourful multicoloured canopy umbrella. Seated before him on a throne-like cushioned seat is a smiling man with a red-and-maroon turban, red-and-saffron robes, a long garland of white flowers and a rudraksha-style mala, raising one hand in greeting and holding a small trident-like object. A rounded forested hill rises behind, with orange shipping-container style walls and a small brass kalasha-like lamp stand in the foreground. Appearance-based a person cues: turban, saffron-red robes, ornate garland; seated in a throne position. Priest and seated person are physically present, two people visible.

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