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A crowded indoor darshan scene at a stage with a red cushioned couch and white bolster. A woman with long dark hair in an orange sleeveless top leans forward and extends her hand toward the head of a bearded man in white clothes. Around them, devotees in white and orange shawls, some wearing rudraksha malas, stand and sit close together; a red-and-gold backdrop and a tray of offerings and prasadam sit at the lower right. Several men in orange shawls stand near the couch. The woman in orange is an apparent sannyasini giving blessing, and the bearded man is a devotee receiving it; no identity is claimed from appearance.

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