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Photograph on a boat deck on a wide river, with two yellow fringed parasols and a small ornate canopy in the background. A figure in an orange-brown and gold-embroidered garment with a headband and beaded necklaces raises both hands to the head, while a bare-chested figure in white dhoti stands beside. Seated devotees in white and orange-red shawls, some with hands in anjali mula, face them, and a man in a white headcloth sits in front. The distinctive swept-back hair and ornate gold-trimmed attire of the central figure are noted, but identity is unclear from appearance alone.

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