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Photograph of a devotional blessing in a temple-like hall with ornate gold carved panels and a small gold deity murti at lower centre. A man in a leopard-print sleeveless garment with long swept-back dark hair, a white tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha mala and gold necklaces places his right hand on the head of a seated man with grey hair, glasses and a white shirt, who has a white tilak mark and bows his head. Behind them a second man with long dark hair and a crown-like headpiece wears a white robe with an orange-gold shawl, and other people in white dhotis stand at the left. Visible people are four to five, and the scene shows a blessing or abhishekam-style darshan. The man in leopard print shows distinctive long swept hair, rudraksha and gold adornments, consistent with the a person candidate, so the appearance-based label applies.

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