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A photo of a ceremonial initiation. A man with long dark hair in a bun and a white vertical tilak on his forehead, wearing an orange-red shawl and a large pink and red flower garland with gold beads, places his right palm on the forehead of a short-haired, light-skinned man in white clothes wearing an orange printed shawl. Behind them stands a silver trident and a golden deity murti with a coiled snake. A red curtain and bamboo blinds form the backdrop. a person appearance-based label applies to the man in orange with the garland and tilak, performing the initiation as a teacher, but the identity is uncertain.

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