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A photograph of a long-haired, bearded man in a rust-orange shawl and a red wrist thread, seated on a patterned cushion, placing his right hand on the shaved head of a bald devotee kneeling before him. The devotee wears a red rudraksha-style mala and a white cloth draped over one shoulder, and his eyes are closed. Behind them are carved wooden panels, a silver-toned ornate pillar, and a red-clad attendant. The seated man has a white forehead marking and appears to be giving blessing or initiation. a person: the seated man shows long dreadlocked hair, a white tilak, and an orange wrap, consistent with the page's reference to a Shiva Deeksha initiation, with the devotee receiving the blessing.