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A hall with a striped canopy and red, yellow and blue pillar wraps with orange tassels. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange-red robe and a multi-strand gold-bead necklace, holding a silver tray of offerings and smiling at a younger man in a cream kurta who stands with palms together in front of him. At right, a shaven-headed man in an orange robe holds a tray of offerings beside them. At left, a man in a white checked shirt with a name badge presses his palms together in greeting. Behind them, people in white and saffron clothing sit and stand, and a golden throne and a canopied altar are visible in the background. Probable Swamiji cues: long swept-back hair, orange-red robe and gold beaded necklace; he is receiving offerings from a devotee.

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