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A photograph inside an ornate room with recessed ceiling lights. A seated person in a red-orange robe, with a red-orange turban, long beaded necklaces and bangles, sits on a red velvet throne with a gilded lion-headed armrest and gilded throne back; they smile while receiving an orange saffron shawl being draped over their shoulders. Standing around them, a white-bearded elder in orange turban and orange shawl on the left, a bald man in brown-gold dhoti and orange shawl, and another man in orange shawl leaning in with a shawl. Several other saffron-clad attendees stand behind. Probable Swamiji (probable) is seated on the throne, identified by the turban, ceremonial beaded necklaces and saffron-coloured clothing, and the shawl-honouring ritual.