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A seated man with long dark swept-back hair, a white forehead band, rudraksha malas and a leopard-print sleeveless garment raises one palm in blessing toward an older man in a white shirt with grey moustache and glasses who stands with palms pressed together in namaste. A brass figure of a goddess holding a bowl-shaped lamp stands between them against an ornate gold-carved backdrop with blue-violet studs. A figure in orange robes stands in the background. Suggests a darshan or blessing moment.

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