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Overhead photo of a blindfolded young person in white ritual dress with gold-bordered shawl, seated on a white floor before an ornate maroon and gold carpet. The person holds a small card and writes on a clipboard covered with handwritten Devanagari. Nearby, several people in saffron and orange robes sit with folded hands, and a newspaper with a Navbharat masthead lies in the foreground beside another seated figure. Suggests a blindfold reading demonstration before sadhus.

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