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A photograph of a ritual moment in an ornate hall. On the right, a long-haired man with flowing dark hair, a beard, and a bare chest wears a maroon-brown cloth, layered rudraksha malas, a gold ceremonial necklace, a rudraksha bracelet and an armlet; he presses his right hand to the forehead of a shorter man with short dark hair seated on the left. That seated man wears an orange-saffron shawl printed with text over bare shoulders, a rudraksha mala, and a gold chain, and keeps his eyes closed with his hands raised in reverence. Behind them, several people in white dhotis and orange shawls stand and sit, a boy in an orange shawl is visible, and a golden deity murti sits on the lower centre near a small oil lamp and a brass vessel. White tripundra marks are visible on a seated man's arm.

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