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A photograph taken in a crowded indoor hall at night, with many people seated on the floor and white pillars and orange-and-yellow hanging banners overhead. In the foreground, a man in a pale turquoise head wrap and white kurta-style top, with long dark hair, reaches out to touch the forehead of a young man in a white striped short-sleeved shirt who stands with both palms raised in a gesture of receiving blessing. Several other people in white and checked shirts stand nearby, and devotees in white and colourful saris are visible in the background. The scene resembles darshan at a large convention.

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