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A seated person on a gold-carved throne wears a rust-orange turban with a red feather, a saffron-orange silk garment, gold armlets and bangles, and a long garland of white and red flowers. Their palms are joined in greeting and they smile toward a man kneeling on a red-and-blue patterned rug, who wears a dark navy shirt with a yellow emblem and a red visitor lanyard and also joins his palms. Behind them, a saffron-robed sannyasi with rudraksha beads stands, a bearded man in white shirt and khaki trousers with a red scarf and bangles stands with palms together, and a man in white dhoti and shawl with gold borders stands at right. A red box with compartments holding offerings sits on a gold table beside a water bottle.

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January 01 20142014-01-01January 01 20142014-01-01February 06 20142014-02-06A seated figure in an orange-brown turban with red and white feathers, wearing a red bead garland, gold necklaces and gold armlets, places a hand on the head of a man in white who is bowing forward at a gilded throne. Behind them, saffron-robed figures, men in white dhotis and a man in a dark suit stand watching in a bright hall. A red offering box with fruit and a water bottle sits on a purple-draped table. The seated figure matches the page's description of a presenter with a distinctive turban and gold ornaments, though the image alone does not establish identity; the scene reads as a blessing or initiation with a devotee receiving a touch on the head.2014-01-01January 01 20142014-01-01January 01 20142014-01-01January 01 20142014-01-01January 01 20142014-01-01January 01 20142014-01-01January 01 20142014-01-01January 01 20142014-01-01January 01 20142014-01-01