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Photo of a ceremonial scene indoors with red draped curtains. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with a braided, swept-up hairstyle, decorated with rudraksha beads, and a beard smiles while reaching forward to drape red cloth over another person's head. Several people are visible in the background: one with bare shoulders wearing a red dhoti-style garment, a man in white dhoti and shawl holding a paper, and another bare-chested person. The air conditioning unit is mounted on the wall at the right. The scene suggests a ritual or honouring ceremony. Appearance-based label: a person in the foreground, shown with rudraksha-adorned braided hair and bare upper body, presiding over the cloth-draping gesture.

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