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A photograph of a ritual blessing inside a temple-like hall with gold-patterned walls. A bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair, a white forehead mark, rudraksha malas and a gold pendant, wearing an orange-brown shawl, extends his right hand to touch the forehead of a clean-shaven man in white kurta with an orange scarf printed with script, who raises his left palm. Behind them, several men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand, and a woman with a white forehead band and beads sits in the background. a person: the dreadlocked figure with rudraksha malas, gold pendant and bare upper body is the teacher giving the blessing, shown in person.