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A photograph of a devotional greeting in an indoor hall with white walls. In the foreground a person seen from behind wears a red-orange turban, a red and white flower garland, gold earrings and an orange-gold shawl, bending toward a man in a white polka-dot shirt who kneels with palms pressed together and holds oranges. A young girl in a yellow-green top watches beside him, and a woman in white with a rudraksha-style bead necklace stands behind. A woman in white holds a small child on her hip, and a woman in blue stands at the left edge. Behind them, a monk in an orange robe walks past a doorway. Gold ritual vessel and orange fruit sit in the lower foreground.

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