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Photograph of a energy darshan blessing. A bare-chested figure in an orange saffron turban and orange wrap, with a pink-and-white flower garland on the turban, reaches forward and presses his fingers to the forehead of a kneeling man in a white shirt and white dhoti. Flower petals scatter in the air. Around them, several people in white clothing stand watching, a girl in a white dress with beads holds petals, and a man in white clothes stands near a wall with red hangings. The orange-clad figure is a person by appearance cues: swept-back hair under a saffron turban, saffron clothing and a bare chest, with the page noting this was the energy darshan session.

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