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A photograph of a ceremonial moment in a plain room with pale green walls and a wooden door. A woman in an orange saree wearing a garland of yellow and red flowers bows her head while a man in white shirt and dhoti presses his hands on her head. Behind them, saffron-robed sannyasis with shaved heads stand watching, and a man in white clothing with a rudraksha mala looks on. Several men in white and cream shirts crowd the background, and two photographers with cameras stand near the centre. A man in a white cloth sits at the left edge with a rudraksha mala. Flower petals and offerings lie on a tray in the foreground.

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