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A seated man with a long swept-back dark hair and a yellow-and-black patterned head wrap sits on an ornate silver throne with plush maroon cushions, eyes closed, right hand raised in blessing toward a kneeling devotee. He wears a rust-red saffron-toned robe, multiple rudraksha malas, a gold chain, and bangles. The devotee in a white dhoti with a yellow border and a white head band bows forward while a standing attendant in orange robes with white tilak marks supports his shoulders. Other attendants in orange cloth stand at left, and gold temple-style pillars and a black stone deity murti appear behind. The scene suggests a blessing or initiation ritual.

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