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A photograph of a ritual blessing in a temple hall. A bearded sannyasi with long dreadlocked hair, wearing a rust-orange cloth, stands at right and presses his palm onto the forehead of a kneeling elderly white-haired man in a white dhoti, who has an orange scarf printed with script draped over his shoulders. Behind them stand several young men in orange and saffron cloths with rudraksha malas and vibhuti on their foreheads, one holding a small printed card with a photo. A silver ritual staff stands beside them and a golden deity murti is visible at upper right. A woman with hair in a bun is partly visible at lower right. The white-haired man is a devotee receiving blessing, and the standing sannyasi is the person performing it; no identity can be established from appearance, so the a person field is unsure.

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