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A seated figure in an orange-saffron dhoti-style wrap with a long dark hair falling down the back and a rudraksha mala with gold beads around the neck places both hands on the head of an older bald man in a white shirt and white dhoti. The man bows forward with eyes closed, hands folded near his chest, as if receiving blessing. Behind them stands a large deity murti or decorated backdrop garlanded with red, yellow and white flowers and a gold-toned frame, with a second white-clad devotee partly visible on the right. The orange fabric and rudraksha cues are distinctive; the figure is described as a person with a blessing gesture, and the identity is an appearance-based candidate only.

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