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A kneeling man in white ceremonial clothing with a red-and-orange shawl and a rudraksha mala has his head touched by a bare-chested priest with long dreadlocked hair and a rust-coloured cloth at his waist. The priest's hand rests on the man's forehead during an initiation blessing. Behind them stands a woman in a white sari with a brown beaded necklace, holding a folded handwritten note. A small golden deity murti with a crown sits in the foreground beside a brass object, with other white-clad devotees in the background. The setting suggests a diksha initiation rite.

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