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Photograph of a ceremonial moment indoors on a gilded, orange-upholstered throne-style seat. In the foreground a man with long, swept-back grey hair and white tilak marks wears a saffron-orange robe and a dark rudraksha mala, holding a bundle of green stalks and offering them to a younger man seated beside him. That younger man, with a shaved head, white horizontal tilak, a dark rudraksha mala and a maroon-brown cloth, leans forward receiving the stalks over a silver bowl containing small offerings. A third person in the background wears orange and a red tilak. Striped fabric and a patterned wall are visible behind them. The foreground figure's identity is not established by visible cues beyond robe and hair, so the candidate is marked unsure.

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