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A photograph of a darshan moment during a retreat. A seated figure in a saffron-orange turban, saffron robe and white jasmine garland, with a bare chest and a red-and-green floral bouquet at his chest, sits on a floral-upholstered chair and places his right hand on the head of a young man kneeling before him. The young man wears white clothes and a rudraksha mala and presses his palms together. Around them, devotees in white, yellow and peach saris and kurtas stand and sit with hands folded, and a seated man with a tilak on his forehead wears white. A brass bowl of red and white flowers sits on the floor, with petals scattered across a patterned mat. A standing fan and a white wicker planter with flowers appear at the right edge.

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