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A photograph of a shaven-headed boy in orange robes with eyes closed, palms raised, receiving a blessing as a man with long dreadlocks and a red shawl places his right hand on the boy's forehead. The man wears a red sleeveless garment and a rudraksha-style necklace; the boy wears a silver chain and a rudraksha mala with a pendant. Behind them, several people in saffron-orange robes stand in a hall, and a partly visible figure in white stands at left. A small hand and a brass vessel appear at the lower left. Swamiji (probable) is the bearded, dreadlocked man in red applying the blessing, identified by long hair, red shawl and rudraksha cues; he is physically present.