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A photograph of a shirtless man with long matted dreadlocks standing at the back of the frame, wearing an orange saffron cloth draped over his shoulder and waist, holding a flaming lamp or torch aloft in one raised hand. In front of him is a red and white striped wall topped by a row of dark stone deity statues dressed in green and yellow garments: a seated elephant-headed figure at left, a central statue with a multi-hooded cobra canopy over a figure, and several standing deities holding weapons and objects. Yellow and orange marigold garlands rest at the base of the central statue. A pink building and green hills appear behind the statues under a pale hazy sky, with smoke rising near the torch.

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