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A large crowd of devotees sits closely packed in a hall during a Shiva Deeksha initiation. In the centre, a woman in a white sari with a gold border wears a white forehead mark, a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant, holding a bundle of white threads with beads in her hands and distributing them to those around her. Men in white dhotis, some bare-chested, sit or stand among the seated devotees, and women in white saris and gold bangles reach forward. The scene suggests a sacred initiation ritual with mantra-bound threads.

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