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A young boy sits cross-legged in front of an orange wall, wearing an orange silk garment with gold borders and a long rudraksha mala with a black bead necklace. He has white horizontal tripundra marks with a red dot on his forehead, palms pressed together in namaskar, and eyes closed. A microphone is held near his mouth by another person's hand at left. In the foreground a white lingam sits on a white dish with purple flowers, and a red basket is at lower left. The text on the image reads a copyright notice and source credit at the right edge.

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