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A photo of a satsang in Varanasi. A bare-chested man in a maroon wrap with a white tilak on his forehead and hair tied back extends his hand in blessing toward a man in a gold silk kurta with a red-and-rudraksha mala who stands with palms joined in namaskar. A tall silver trident wrapped with rudraksha beads stands in the foreground beside a golden kalasha garlanded with yellow marigolds. Behind them a painted backdrop shows a city of spired buildings. Women in orange, teal and maroon saris sit and stand at the right, one holding a book. a person is the blessing figure, identifiable by the bare-chested maroon wrap, the swept-back hair and the rudraksha mala, and the trident and kalasha suggest a ritual presentation.

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