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Close-up photo of a bare-chested man with a long rudraksha mala and a ceremonial gold-trimmed cloth, kneeling and holding the bare foot of a seated person in rust-red robes with gold border. Both figures sit near a silver-toned ornamental stand carved with a leaf motif, and a pink-lit stage backdrop glows behind them. The kneeling figure has white ash stripes on his shoulders. Only the lower bodies and hands of the seated figure are visible. Whether the kneeling figure is a person cannot be established from appearance alone.

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