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A photograph of a ceremonial blessing at a temple-style hall with red curtains and floral garlands. A man with long dark hair wearing an orange saffron robe and a red, purple and white garland sits on a golden throne, extending his hand over a baby held by a woman in a white sari with a red-bordered cloth and gold bangles. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti bends forward smiling beside them, and a person in a yellow garment holds a steel tray of wrapped gifts. Swamiji (probable): the seated man in saffron robes and long hair, with a flower garland, is blessing the child, consistent with a darshan or blessing ceremony. Other people stand in the background in orange and white clothes.

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