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Photo inside a gold-decorated shrine with carved golden pillars and a gilded arch. A golden lion sits on each side of a large statue draped in pink and red flower garlands and a red-and-gold headdress, holding a flower-decorated platter. In the centre, a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti and a bare-chested man in orange cloth with an orange head covering and rudraksha beads stand close together, one embracing the other. Strings of flowers hang from the ceiling and a brass oil lamp stands on the polished floor. Pink and white flowers cover the altar in front. The scene suggests a puja at a temple shrine, though the exact ritual is not clear. Two people are visible, the second in orange with a head covering, with distinctive orange cloth and rudraksha beads, so the identity is uncertain.

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