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A warehouse-style workshop with a corrugated metal roof and yellow walls, where a bearded elder in an orange robe, white vertical tilak on the forehead and glasses smiles with hands clasped at his chest while walking past a display table. On the table lie gold necklaces, bridal jewellery and red velvet trays. Beside him a man in an orange shawl with a rudraksha mala and a second man in an orange-and-gold dhoti stand near the table; a bald attendant in a maroon-and-gold dhoti and rudraksha beads stands at left, and a man in white dhoti and shirt with a red-orange scarf is behind. Gold deity statues and ornate furniture are visible in the background. a person cues are the orange robe, white tilak and beard of the elder; this is an appearance-based candidate only.

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