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A photograph of a devotional blessing at an indoor gathering. A woman with short grey hair, eyes closed and palms pressed together, wears a white sari with a gold border, a rudraksha mala and gold earrings. A younger person with long dark hair and a gold-bordered white garment with gold shoulder trim places a hand on her forehead in a blessing gesture, smiling. Another person's raised hand is visible at the left edge, and other people in white dhotis and saffron cloth stand behind. The setting is a person Spurana Convention scene in Salem, with a rudraksha mala draping the older woman's neck.

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