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Outdoor riverside ritual at a ghat with stone steps. A central figure in a red-orange turban and saffron robe, wearing a gold-beaded rudraksha-style mala and heavy gold necklaces and gold armbands, sits cross-legged with hands joined in a mudra, eyes closed. Seated around him are saffron-robed men, some with bare shoulders and bowed heads or hands raised in prayer. Before him is a decorated puja space with marigolds, red and pink flowers, bananas, coconut, a brass plate and a gilt canopy edge. A hand in white sleeve extends from the lower left, and a large crowd of onlookers stands behind, with Hindu temple spires and hotel signs visible across the river. Swamiji appearance is probable based on the turban, saffron clothing, gold malas and ceremonial adornments, matching the page's claim of his presence.

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