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A close photograph at a convention hall where a man in a cream-yellow turban and white clothing places his right hand on the forehead of a man in white shirt with a rudraksha mala and a small pendant. The turbaned figure is seen from the side with a dark hair bun and a colourful garland visible at the lower left. Other men in white kurtas stand behind, and a blue cooler sits at the right. The forehead-touch suggests a blessing or initiation moment. a person cues are the turban and garland, but the face and build are not clearly visible, so the identity remains uncertain.

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