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A photograph inside a bright, plain hall with white walls and a window grille. In the foreground, a figure in an orange-red turban and orange cloth with a beaded rudraksha-style necklace, seen from behind, faces a young boy in a red plaid shirt and jeans who bows his head while a man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a tilak touches the boy's head, apparently giving a blessing. A boy in a white shirt with a badge films with a handheld video camera, and several children and young people stand or sit around, including a girl in a green and gold outfit and a boy in an orange t-shirt. The setting suggests a gurukul initiation or darshan session.

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