A photograph of a woman with long dark hair and gold jewellery pressing her palm to the forehead of a shaven-headed man in white shirt with a rudraksha mala and folded hands in namaste. Several men in white shirts stand behind them, and one man at right wears an orange-and-white garment. The indoor setting has white walls and the scene reads as a blessing or initiation moment at a gathering. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a woman with long dark hair and gold jewellery pressing her palm to the forehead of a shaven-headed man in white shirt with a rudraksha mala and folded hands in namaste. Several men in white shirts stand behind them, and one man at right wears an orange-and-white garment. The indoor setting has white walls and the scene reads as a blessing or initiation moment at a gathering.

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