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A photograph of a devotee kneeling with hands pressed together in anjali mudra, head bowed, while a hand rests on the top of his head, a blessing gesture. The devotee is bare-chested with white sacred threads across his shoulder and a dark cloth at his waist. Behind him is a large painted deity murti with red and orange tones and a gold ornate ceremonial object on the left. The blessing hand wears a red thread bracelet. The person giving the blessing is not fully visible and cannot be identified.

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