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Outdoors in a temple courtyard with palm trees, a man in saffron-orange robes with long swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a raised mat in meditation, hands resting in mudra, eyes closed. Three women in white and yellow sit on the ground to his left, and a brass kalasha-style pot sits near him. Behind them is a large banner with a painted portrait and a garlanded figure, dark stone deity statues stand to the right, and a row of red signboards line the ground. A white SUV is parked at left. This is a candidate Swamiji (probable), identified by the saffron robes, long swept-back hair and rudraksha mala, and the meditation is seated.

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