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A photograph of a ritual touch in a hall with red curtains and a fan at the left. A seated figure in a rust-orange and gold-bordered wrap with a red-and-gold turban and a rudraksha mala gives a blessing, pressing his fingers to the forehead of a standing man in a white kurta with an orange shawl, whose eyes are closed and hands are folded in reverence. Behind them a seated priest in white with a gold-bordered cloth and a rudraksha mala watches, and two people stand in the background. The seated figure's shaved head is covered by the turban, and a gold-accented cushion is at the left, so the appearance cues are not distinctive enough to confirm an identity.

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