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Indoor photo in a college hall corridor. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti lights a brass lamp shaped like a swan, decorated with a white flower garland, using a yellow candle. Beside him a young man with long swept-back hair and a saffron robe with his hands folded in namaskar stands at the lamp, while a tall figure in a sleeveless orange robe with long dark hair walks past in the foreground. Behind them a woman in a red-orange sari with a gold border stands with hands joined, and several men in white and pink shirts watch. Framed pictures with flower garlands hang on the wall at top right. Probable Swamiji (probable) appears as the young man with long swept-back hair and saffron robe lighting the lamp, with the lamp and namaskar as visible cues.

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January 11 20102010-01-11Indoor photo of a small shrine room with a wall-mounted row of framed deity pictures above, decorated with yellow marigold garlands. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti lights a brass oil lamp (deepam) on the floor, with a man in saffron robes beside him also holding up a hand in greeting. A tall young man with long dark hair in an orange-saffron robe stands at left with hands folded at his waist, next to a woman in a green blouse and red-orange silk sari with hands folded in prayer, and a girl in a white and yellow skirt. Other men in white shirts and dhotis stand at the left edge, and a man in white stands behind the lamp. Pink and white flower petals and a white garland are scattered around the lamp base.2010-01-11 +1 copiesA photograph inside a home or hall with a pale blue wall and framed picture at top right. 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