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Indoor photograph of two men in a hall with beige wall panels and black speakers behind them. On the left, a person in an orange-brown ochre robe with a beaded silver necklace and silver bangles, with a white tilak and red dot on the forehead and hair pulled back, holds out one arm while holding a small silver-and-red hand drum. On the right, a man in a white short-sleeved shirt raises his right palm upward toward the first figure, as in a blessing or energy-transfer gesture. A gold cushion or throne-like object is visible behind the left figure. Two people are visible.

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