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A photograph inside a large hall with white ceiling panels and fluorescent lights. A man with long dark hair, a full beard and a tilak on his forehead stands on a striped multicolored runner, wearing a rust-orange dhoti and shawl with a long rudraksha mala. He looks upward with hands at his sides. A videographer on the left operates a camera on a tripod while a kneeling woman in white with folded hands sits nearby. Behind them, people in white and orange-red shawls stand with palms pressed together beside a red-cushioned white throne. Black cane chairs line the floor.

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