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Photograph of a ceremony in a dimly lit room with a red-painted wall. A seated figure on an ornate gold-framed throne wears a black turban with a crescent ornament and a dark garment with a beaded necklace. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a sacred thread and rudraksha bracelets stands before him with both palms raised in blessing, while a second attendant in white with a beaded mala reaches in from the left. A seated man in orange headwear and a yellow garment with a beaded necklace sits at lower right. Dark-skinned bare-chested man stands in the background. A water bottle sits on a side table at right.

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