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A photo of a ritual initiation at an ashram hall. A young boy in white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala stands centre, holding hands with a woman in a cream and gold-bordered saree and a gold necklace, who leans in to guide him. Another woman in a white and gold saree touches his shoulder from the left, and a woman in white with gold border holds a ceremonial staff at right. Behind them a seated man in a rust-red robe wears a long rudraksha mala and sits before an ornate gold-and-red throne. Several people in orange garments sit near the throne. A small oil lamp burns at the lower left on a patterned carpet.

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