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A figure with hair tied in a topknot and wearing an orange-brown wrap and a rudraksha mala is placing his right hand on the forehead of a young man in a white shirt with an orange lanyard. The priest holds a folded white card in his left hand, and the young man holds his right palm open toward the camera. A bald man in white sits blurred in the lower foreground, and a red curtain hangs at the right edge. The priest's bead necklace and wrap are visible, and a small tilak mark is on his forehead. Appearance cues are not sufficient to identify him as a person, so he is described by role only.

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