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Inside a temple hall with tall stone pillars and a crowd of devotees, a man in a sleeveless dark top and beaded necklace lifts a white and gold-bordered cloth over the head of an elderly man in an orange-brown garment and rudraksha mala. Beside them stands a figure in a white dhoti with gold border and a white flower garland, with a light tilak on the forehead and a rudraksha mala. Other men in white and saffron clothing watch, some with bare chests and sacred ash markings. The scene suggests a ceremonial honouring with cloth offering, and the central figure is the one receiving the cloth. a person candidate appearance is uncertain, so the identity is not asserted.

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