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A photograph of a seated figure in a saffron-orange turban, red-orange robe and a red and white beaded mala, extending a hand in blessing toward a bald, white-bearded elderly man in white who kneels with his head bowed. Two women in red and gold silk saris stand beside him, one with hands in anjali. A third woman in pale pink with an orange-bordered shawl joins her palms at the right. Behind them are a golden deity murti draped in green cloth, garlanded with yellow and red marigold and a gold-embellished backdrop. Potted green plants and rough stones surround the kneeling man. The seated figure has long hair and a bare shoulder, and a gold chair edge is visible at left. The seated figure matches the presentation cues of a person through the saffron turban, mala and robes, though the appearance is only moderately distinctive.

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