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A photograph of a ritual initiation scene. A bearded man with long dreadlocks and a red-and-maroon shawl places his right hand on the head of a seated, bare-chested devotee with closed eyes and hands pressed in anjali mudra. The devotee wears a black beaded mala and a white dhoti. Behind them stand several bare-chested men with white sacred ash markings, rudraksha malas and white cloth, one wearing a red headband and red tilak. A silver ceremonial staff with ornate finials is visible at right, along with a microphone stand.

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