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A photograph inside a decorated tent-like room at a Kumbh Mela camp. On the right, a long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits on an ornate gold throne with a cobra-hood backrest, palms pressed together in greeting. Facing him, an older man with white beard and white kurta wears an orange shawl and holds a bundled child. Beside them a bald man in maroon-red dhoti with a gold necklace and folded hands stands, and a woman in red-orange sari with a gold necklace stands behind. A man in a blue shirt and glasses stands at the far left edge. A leopard-print cushion and a wall painting of a deity form are visible. Swamiji (probable): the seated long-haired figure in saffron robes and rudraksha mala on the golden throne.