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A photograph of a padapuja-style blessing in a hall. A seated man with short dark hair, bare-chested in a red-orange wrap, wears a marigold garland and has a gold tilak on his forehead; he extends his right hand to rest on the head of a kneeling man in a white shirt and orange shawl, whose hands are pressed together in anjali. Behind them, a golden lion-faced throne arm and a silver staff are visible. Women in white and orange-red saris stand and sit in the background, one with a gold-lined shawl and rudraksha-style beads. A peacock feather is visible behind the seated figure. a person: the seated blessing figure has a gold forehead mark, marigold garland and bare-chested red-orange wrap in a ceremonial setting, consistent with the page's attribution.

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