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Photograph of a crowded indoor room with pink walls and a red trim border, where devotees gather around a central figure. A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a red-orange upper garment and multiple rudraksha malas, smiles while holding a small white flower garland and a yellow fruit. A shaved-headed monk in saffron-orange robes with a red shawl stands to the left, and another shaved monk in orange robes stands behind. In the foreground a devotee in a white shirt presses palms together in namaste, and a woman in a saffron sari with a red bindi stands at right. Behind them a decorated altar area with red and white drapes and flower strings is visible, plus small framed pictures on the walls. Several onlookers in white shirts crowd the background.