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A photograph of a Shiva Deeksha initiation at a Nithyananda Peetham event. A young boy with shaved head, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti, stands with eyes lowered while a long-haired man in an orange-brown shawl and gold necklace places a hand on his head. Two standing men on the left and right wear orange dhotis, rudraksha malas and gold necklaces; the man on the right has a red tilak. Bare-chested attendants and devotees appear in the background, and a pink wall and maroon curtain frame the hall. A purple logo appears at the top left.

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