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A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi wears a saffron-orange wrap and a heavy gold necklace with a pendant, walking beside a white-draped ritual platform. The platform holds a golden deity murti, a woven basket-shaped vessel, a brass oil lamp, yellow and pink flower garlands, and a brass kalasha-like pot. Behind him under a colourful striped tent canopy, a man in white, a seated woman in purple, a woman in a yellow sari and a child stand or sit near white plastic chairs and clay pots. The setting is an open-air ceremonial pavilion on dry earth. Swamiji candidate appearance: probable Swamiji (probable), wearing saffron clothing, a gold necklace and long hair, shown walking in person.