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A photograph of a ritual blessing in front of a red draped backdrop. A man with long dark hair and a vertical tilak on his forehead, wearing an orange-brown cloth and multiple rudraksha malas, holds a tall dark staff with small golden bells and reaches out to place a rudraksha bracelet on a young boy's head. The boy wears a black top with white web-like pattern and stands with his hands near red-wrapped offerings. Behind them a woman in an orange sari and red blouse with a bindi and gold bangles stands attentively, and a gold ornate chair edge is visible at the left. a person: the man wears long hair, rudraksha malas and an orange garment, consistent with the cues in the page.