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A photograph of a living room visit. A smiling figure in an orange saffron robe and a red-and-white flower garland sits on a white-draped armchair, holding out red apples to a man bending forward with palms pressed together in greeting. The man wears a white shirt, grey trousers and glasses, and a red shawl hangs over his arm. Behind them a woman in white and a second man in white stand near a side table holding a silver tray of pineapple, apples and oranges, beside a small brass horse figurine. A red sofa and sheer curtains frame the room. On the right edge a woman in a floral sari is partly visible. The orange-robed figure is a person by appearance: long, swept-back dark hair, a red bindi and the garland, with saffron clothing as the main cue, though the hair and garland are not especially distinctive. Visible flower garland and fruit offerings suggest a devotional greeting.

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A photograph inside a home with wall shelves lit from within, displaying small figurines and a red clock. A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange robe and a white and green flower garland, sits barefoot on a cream sofa while a woman in an orange-and-cream sari bends forward to offer him fruit from a tray. A younger white-clad man with a yellow shawl kneels behind holding the fruit tray, and a woman in a light blue salwar kameez stands at the left edge. The seated man in orange with long hair and a flower garland resembles the Swamiji candidate, a probable match from his saffron clothing, long hair and garland, presented in a devotional house-visit setting.2010-02-17July 27 20092009-07-27Indoor photo in a room with orange curtains and a wooden floor. A woman with long dark hair, wearing a red-orange sari with a red-and-white flower garland and gold bangles, sits smiling in a brown upholstered chair with a carved back. 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