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A man in saffron-orange clothing and a saffron turban stands at right, holding a lit oil lamp (aarti) with his right hand over a table of offerings. He wears a white and red flower garland and a shawl over orange robes, with long hair falling behind his shoulders. Behind him a woman in an orange-and-peach sari with a dark beaded necklace watches, and an older man in white at the right edge is partly visible. On the table at left sit bananas, coconuts and white flowers. The wall is plain pale pink. Swamiji (probable) is the man holding the lamp, shown with a saffron turban, orange robes, long hair and a garland, performing an aarti offering.

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