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Indoor photo of a hall with pale walls and ceiling lights, where a woman in an orange-brown sannyasi wrap, rudraksha mala and a rust-coloured turban touches the forehead of a devotee in a white shirt with a raised hand, with a smiling expression. Around her, men and women in white and light clothing stand with palms pressed together in namaste, some holding folded paper. Framed pictures hang on the wall behind and a person in white stands on the right, with a rudraksha mala. A brass vessel is visible at the right edge. The scene suggests blessing or darshan. The woman is a sannyasi-attired figure, not a confirmed a person, so identity is uncertain.

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