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A photograph inside a hall with a pale ceiling and fluorescent lights. An elderly man in white shirt and white dhoti stands with palms pressed together in namaste, smiling. Beside him, a woman in a white sari with red border and gold bangles also stands with hands folded. A shirtless young man with a thin cord across his chest and white dhoti smiles with hands joined. A shirtless man with a white dhoti holds a red cloth bundle while a person in saffron-orange cloth, seen from behind, faces the group. A bare-chested figure with white dhoti stands in the background. No clearly identifiable a person appearance is visible, so the a person field is unsure.

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