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Indoor photo in a room with cream walls and a barred window. A woman in an orange sleeveless top with a white flower garland sits on a white sheet, head bowed while a man in white shirt and white dhoti with gold border presses his hand to her head. A man with long curly hair in an orange robe stands at left with his hands clasped, and a man in an orange-brown shirt is at the far left. Behind them a crowd of men and women in white, cream and yellow saris watches, some smiling, one man in a white shirt and checked sash-like shawl among them. The scene looks like a blessing or healing gesture, with white sheets and devotees gathered close.

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