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A photograph inside a hall with red drapes and rows of seated participants in white clothing. In the foreground, a person with long dark dreadlocked hair, wearing a white flower garland and an orange-brown garment, reaches to touch the forehead of a young man in a white kurta with an orange-red shawl and an ID badge. The seated figure is a person by appearance, with long swept-back dreadlocked hair and a garland, performing a blessing. Behind, a standing man with a rudraksha mala and a white dhoti observes, and a cameraman films. Gold-colored deity murti and an oil lamp appear at the right edge.
Photo 222 of 409 from 1 October 2016

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