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A photograph at an evening satsang in Tamil Nadu. A seated figure wearing an orange-saffron turban and orange robes, with long swept-back dark hair and a rudraksha mala, leans forward and smiles while clasping hands with an elderly white-bearded sadhu. The sadhu wears orange robes, a green-and-gold patterned shawl, a rudraksha mala, a white forehead tilak with red dot, and holds a small fruit in his hands. Behind them a young man in orange robes stands, and devotees in white shirts and a boy in glasses watch from the audience. In the foreground a woman in a yellow top sits with her back to the camera, and a cushioned seat with a red fruit-filled tray is visible. Watermarked photo caption text from the archive is omitted.

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