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A seated man with long dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange robe and shawl, places his right hand on the head of a young boy in a white kurta and white garland. The man sits on an orange cushion beneath a decorated canopy with tasselled fringe; a golden ceremonial staff stands beside him, and a second saffron-robed attendant holds it near a man in white. Behind them, seated children and adults in white and cream clothes, some in saris and dhotis, sit on a red carpet. A white van and a parked SUV are visible in the background, and a banner hangs at the upper right.

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