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A photograph of a padapuja-style blessing in an indoor hall. A figure seen from behind wears an orange saffron wrap, an orange turban and a red-and-yellow marigold garland with rudraksha beads, and places a hand on the head of a smiling man in a white kurta with dark embroidered collar, hands pressed together in greeting. A white metal bird figure sits on a red cloth in the foreground, and women in saffron and blue saris stand in the background near arched windows.

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