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Indoor photo of a blessing moment in a hall with a white fabric ceiling and an orange cloth hanging overhead. A bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair and an orange dhoti-style wrap, wearing a rudraksha mala, places both hands on the head of a seated devotee in a red-and-gold shawl and glasses. Another orange-robed sannyasi with a shaved head and beaded mala stands at right, and a white-clad man in glasses stands at left. Swamiji (probable) cues: long swept-back hair, orange wrap and rudraksha mala, performing a head blessing.

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