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A photograph of an indoor ritual exchange. A figure with long dark hair in a bun, wearing a tiger-striped saffron-and-cream garment, a red-beaded waist belt, and layered rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, holds a strand of rudraksha beads toward a man in a white kurta with a red lanyard who has his palms pressed together. Behind them a woman in a red sari with a gold necklace kneels near a brass tray holding yellow fruit. Several men in white kurtas with red shawls stand in the background beside a white wall and an electric fan. The appearance-based label is a person (long swept-back hair and ornate beaded adornments), in the act of giving the blessing of rudraksha beads.