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Ceremonial initiation scene on a stage with a red curtain and a large gold throne. A bearded man with long hair, a white forehead mark, a brown-red robe, rudraksha mala and gold necklaces sits on the throne, holding a white cord that runs down to a seated devotee lying forward at the bottom of the frame. Behind him stands a golden trident. A shirtless attendant in orange cloth with a rudraksha mala and white forehead marks holds the other end of the white cord. Another shirtless attendant with a beard and glasses and a seated shirtless man with white paste on his body and a rudraksha mala stand or sit nearby. A woman in a maroon blouse and cream sari with a long braid stands to the right. This is a Shiva Deeksha initiation.

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