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A photograph of a ceremony in front of a backdrop depicting Krishna playing a flute beside Radha, framed by red and yellow draped fabric and garlands of red roses and pink flowers. A man in a white embroidered kurta with a black-and-cream crocheted cap and a yellow-and-pink marigold garland stands at left, looking down and touching an open book. Seated centrally, a man with long dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, a white kurta and a striped gold-and-brown shawl with a green wrap watches the proceedings. At right, a man in a cream kurta with a rudraksha mala holds up a stack of printed booklets. A small silver deity figure sits atop a white pedestal at the upper right. The third man is the one at right. Photo credit overlay reads KAILASA Seattle.

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