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A photograph of an outdoor street welcome during a Tamil Nadu tour. At the centre, a smiling man with dark hair and a central forehead mark wears a maroon-brown robe and a long garland of white jasmine and green leaves with red flowers. Around him, devotees press close: a shaved-headed priest in saffron, a woman in a saffron-bordered sari holding a decorated brass kalasha with white flowers and a green leaf, and a man in saffron holding a whole green watermelon with a carved cut. A parked black car marked with partial lettering stands to the left, and a yellow building with a signboard and a photographer with a flash camera appear behind the crowd.