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Photograph of an indoor scene in a plain cream-walled room. On the left, a person with long dark wavy hair, bare-shouldered and wrapped in an orange cloth, with several rudraksha malas around the neck, looks down while holding a small card. Facing them on the right, a shaved-headed man in orange robes with a gold-toned shawl and wrist beads takes or hands over the card, holding a black folder. Several men in white shirts and dhotis, and a man in orange with a rudraksha mala, stand behind watching. A small purple bird logo appears at the top left, and the copyright line is at lower right.

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