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A photograph of an indoor ritual blessing. In the foreground, a man in a rust-brown dhoti-style wrap with rudraksha beads and a dark grey turban wound with beads places his right hand on the head of a seated devotee in a brown garment and rudraksha mala, who has his eyes closed and a marking on his forehead. Behind them, a woman in an orange sari and another in a red blouse with white sari stand, one holding a brass lamp or tray with offerings. A statue of a deity stands at left and a blue-lit pillar at right.

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