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A temple corridor with blue pillars and a tiled roof. In the centre, a bearded man in a dark maroon robe wears a black turban topped with pink lotus blossoms, a thick red and white flower garland, and gold necklaces and armlets. Beside him, a man on the left wears a rudraksha mala, a shawl-like orange-saffron cloth and gold-beaded ornaments, and a man on the right wears a rudraksha mala with a dark turban. A bare-chested man in a gold-threaded white cloth faces the central figure with his hands extended. Other devotees stand in the background. The scene resembles a ritual reception. Probable Swamiji is the central figure in the maroon robe with the lotus turban, identified by the ceremonial gold, garland and turban cues.

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