A seated man on a red velvet throne with silver trim places his right hand on the crown of a young male devotee's head in a blessing gesture. The seated man has long matted dreadlocks, a gold crescent ornament at the top of his hair, a leopard-print saffron turban, a red tilak on his forehead, a bare upper body with an orange-brown cloth, and a multi-strand brown rudraksha mala with a gold chain. The devotee kneels with bowed head, wearing a white dhoti with gold border and a white sacred thread. The background is dark with a blue-white snowy backdrop on the left. A red wrist thread is visible on the blessing hand.

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