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A photograph of an indoor hall with pink-curtained walls and framed portraits, with a golden throne-like seat visible at the back. In the centre, a bare-chested man in a maroon-and-gold dhoti and a maroon turban applies a mark to the forehead of a man in a white shirt. Around them, devotees with folded hands stand in a queue; an older man in white with a red shawl stands at left, a woman in a green blouse and patterned sari stands in the middle, and a young child in a blue outfit with a garland is at left. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala stands at right beside a tray of ritual items. Stanchions and chains line the queue. The man applying the mark has a swept-back, long hair style and distinctive adornments, but his appearance is not clear enough to confirm identity.

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