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A photograph of a darshan moment. A shaved-headed man in a white shirt with grey hair and a moustache stands with palms pressed together in namaste, his forehead close to the head of a long-haired person in a saffron-orange sleeveless garment with a dark bun, who is leaning in toward him. Behind them a man in a white kurta with a yellow shawl and a rudraksha mala with a pendant stands at left, and a bald man in saffron robes with a red tilak and glasses stands at upper right. A red curtain hangs in the background and an orange-robed attendant stands near the wall. Several people are partially visible at left, and the scene shows the kind of individual blessing seen in mass darshan events.

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