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A seated figure with long dark hair, wearing a rust-brown wrap and a rudraksha mala with large beads, places his right palm on the forehead of a bearded man in a white shirt and red-orange shawl, who has his hands raised in namaskar. The seated figure sits on a red cushioned seat. Behind them, a man in white with a red shawl and red mala stands with hands folded, and a woman in white with a red border is partially visible. Yellow and red floral garlands and fabric decorate the background. The appearance-based cues of long swept hair, rust wrap and rudraksha beads suggest a person, giving a blessing to a devotee in a darshan-style moment.

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