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A photograph of a shaktipata-style initiation in a temple-like room. A long-haired man in a rust-red sannyasi wrap and bare shoulder, with a white forehead band, lays his right hand on the forehead of a kneeling devotee whose arm is raised, wearing a white dhoti with a yellow border and a red-beaded mala. Behind them stands a golden deity murti with a crown, beside a brass kalasha-like object and green plants, with a gold pillar and a fan in the background. Probable Swamiji (long hair, rust-red sannyasi wrap, white forehead marking) performing blessing on a devotee.

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