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A seated man with long dark hair piled on his head, wearing a rudraksha mala and layered flower and bead garlands in red, white, yellow and green, sits on a red throne cushion in front of a golden backdrop framed by a large floral arch of yellow marigolds, red roses and white blooms. He smiles while a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with an orange rudraksha necklace ties or adjusts a bracelet on his wrist. Beside him a woman in a green sari with red blouse pours or arranges offerings from a brass vessel, and a woman in a pale sari and beaded necklace works at a metal bowl in the foreground. A peacock-feather fan is visible at right beside a white cooler, and a small brass lamp and offering plates sit on the golden surface. Swamiji (probable): long hair, rudraksha mala and layered garlands, seated on the throne.

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