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Photograph of a ritual scene in hazy light. A bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and gold pendant kneels at right, hands extended over a red-and-orange cloth-wrapped object set on a tray of flowers and offerings. A man in orange robes and orange shawl stands centre, reaching toward the bundle, with a grey-bearded man in orange at left and a bald man in white with an orange shawl at far right. The seated figure's chest is marked with white ash and a forehead tilak. a person cues are weak here: the seated man has a rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold pendant but short greying hair and no crown or turban, so identity is uncertain and he is described by role as the seated ritual participant.

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