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Two saffron-clad sadhus stand in a bare, whitewashed room with a barred window. The foreground figure wears an orange turban with white flowers, an orange top and a red-orange dhoti, and reaches toward the wall beside the window. The second figure, in orange with a white shawl, holds a folded white cloth. On the right a white-draped table holds two framed portraits, one showing a robed figure seated beneath a tree, and a smaller framed portrait of a turbaned figure in orange; both are garlanded with pink and red flowers, and loose marigold petals lie on the cloth. Pink flowers are fixed to the wall above the table. The setting suggests a ritual offering before the portraits. The foreground figure has distinctive orange turban and saffron attire, but this is an appearance-based candidate only and the image is not clearly confirmed.

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