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A photograph of a bare-chested young man with short brown hair and stubble, wearing rudraksha mala necklaces and bracelets, kneeling before a seated figure. The man in red holds a hand to his forehead; he wears a red sleeveless robe, long dark hair piled on his head with rudraksha beads, a rudraksha mala and bracelets. Behind them, a priest in white dhoti with an orange-and-gold shawl holds a small bowl, and another man with long hair and rudraksha beads sits in the background. A golden deity murti or ornament stands in the foreground, and a gold-framed doorway is visible at right. Overlay text reads copyright and source credits.

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