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A seated man in saffron-orange robes and a long rudraksha mala with dark wooden beads leans forward over a ritual setup, both palms extended toward a pink silk-draped object adorned with a jeweled blue-and-white necklace. He has long, dark, swept-back hair and a vertical tilak on his forehead. Around him, other devotees in orange and white sit on a light floor, and a partly visible person at the left edge looks down. A metal stand rises beside the ritual. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam with a decorated deity murti. The figure's appearance (long hair, saffron robes, rudraksha mala) matches the page's Swamiji reference, so this is a probable in-person candidate.

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