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A photograph of a long hall with pale walls, red curtains and rows of devotees in white and pastel clothing standing behind stanchions. In the foreground a figure in saffron-orange robes wears a heavy gold necklace, gold armlets and bangles, and touches the forehead of a young man in a striped purple polo shirt, who has his hands folded in namaste. Another devotee in white with folded hands stands at left. The robed figure holds a small white card, and the scene appears to be a blessing or darshan line. No clear a person cues beyond ornate saffron clothing and gold, so identity is uncertain. Count of visible people is roughly six to twenty.

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