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A photograph of a ritual inside a thatched hut with a bamboo ceiling. A bald, bare-chested man in an orange-saffron shawl is seated on a red-cushioned seat, with a garland of white flowers draped around his shoulder, and he is smiling while another man in a white dhoti and shirt presses a hand to his head in blessing. A seated man in white clothes holds a plate of fruit, flowers and offerings, and a fruit-and-flower offering tray sits on the floor below. Standing men in white shirts and dhotis, one in a blue checked shirt, watch, and a man at right holds papers. Seated devotees in the background wear white and blue. A white-flowered garland hangs at left above a red throne-like seat. The ritual appears to be a blessing or padapuja-style reception. a person: the bald, saffron-shawled man on the red-cushioned seat with garland is a candidate by visible cues, though only partially distinctive.

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