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A photograph of an indoor ritual setting with red curtains. A man with long dark dreadlocks and a rudraksha-style necklace, wearing a red-orange wrap, leans forward and presses his palm to the forehead of a dark-haired man in a white kurta with an orange-red shawl. The recipient keeps his hands raised with palms open and holds a folded white paper. Behind them stand several women in white and red-orange garments, one with a dark shawl, and a golden ritual vessel sits at the lower edge beside a tall gold-and-silver staff. The dreadlocked man's wrap and ornaments are visible; his face is partly turned, and his appearance is consistent with the a person candidate described on the page, though not confidently established. The scene suggests a blessing exchange between a teacher and a devotee.

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