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Indoor photograph of a devotional gathering in a plain room with white walls and a window. A bald man in a white shirt and white dhoti bends forward, pressing his palms together and holding the hands of a seated woman in a red top; she sits on a white cloth with a steel plate nearby. Beside him, a man in white with a red-and-white marked dhoti stands, and a man in a white shirt and dhoti kneels at the front. A standing person on the left in an orange robe holds a bouquet of flowers and a green leaf. Around them, devotees in white, saffron, red, yellow and blue saris and dhotis, with a red-and-orange shawl and rudraksha mala on one standing man, crowd together watching. Appears to be a padapuja or blessing moment; no tall figure with cues is clearly shown.

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