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A photograph of a ritual initiation scene. In the foreground, a bare-chested young man with white ash markings on his chest and arms, wearing a white cloth tied over his eyes, bows his head while a man in saffron-orange clothing with long dreadlocked hair wrapped in a bun and a rudraksha mala places his hand on the devotee's head. A second man stands behind with a black turban, red tilak on his forehead, a white sacred thread and rudraksha beads, his hand resting on the blindfolded man's shoulder. A red curtain and a silver ornament appear in the background. a person cues: long swept-back dreadlocked hair, rudraksha mala, and saffron clothing mark the figure giving blessing as the initiating guru.

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