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A photograph of a seated figure with long matted dreadlocks wrapped under a leopard-print headband and a small gold crown ornament, wearing layered rudraksha malas and ceremonial bare-chested saffron cloth. He raises his right hand in blessing toward an older man with short grey hair who wears an orange shawl printed with script, his hands pressed together in reverence. Between them stands a small brass deity murti of a goddess with a crown, beside a brass kalasha or bowl and a red-cushioned seat. Attendees are partly visible in the dim background, and a brass ritual implement is in the foreground. a person: the seated figure has long dreadlocks, a crown ornament and multiple rudraksha malas, and sits in the role of the one giving blessing.