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A photo from a stage initiation event. A woman in a rust-red garment with a marigold and leaf garland places her right hand on the forehead of a man in a white kurta with a red-and-gold scarf, his eyes closed and his palms pressed together. A silver trident stands beside her, and a silver vessel sits in the lower left. Behind them is a pink and blue painted backdrop of temple-like city architecture. a person is not clearly visible, so no identity is asserted.

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