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A photograph at an indoor hall with a blue carpet and white-walled venue. In the foreground, a young man in saffron-red robes and a gold armlet smiles and gestures while speaking to an older bearded man in orange-saffron robes with a white forehead mark, who holds a long white flower garland in both hands and bows his head toward it. A third man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha-style bead necklace stands behind them. Behind, seated devotees in white clothes fill rows of chairs, and a red-cushioned stage with a table of fruit and offerings is at left. Visible people: about six, mostly standing or seated near the stage, with more devotees in the background.