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A photograph of a blessing exchange indoors in front of a red and white draped backdrop. A figure with long dark curly hair, wearing an orange garment and multiple rudraksha malas on the arm and chest, stretches an arm forward to press a palm onto the forehead of a man with short brown hair and glasses. The man wears a white kurta and a lanyard with a pendant, and his hands are raised beside his face in a receiving gesture. Behind them, a woman in white holds a sheet of paper and watches, and other devotees in white and green are partly visible. The orange-clad figure's appearance does not clearly match a known identity, so the role is described as a sannyasi giving blessing.

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