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Outdoor photograph on a red stone stepped platform with a crowd seated behind. A seated man in orange-saffron dhoti and shawl wears a red and yellow flower garland, gold chain, rudraksha-style red beads and an armlet, with long swept-back hair; he is the probable Swamiji, identified by appearance cues of long hair, ornate gold jewellery and saffron clothing. A younger monastic in saffron wraps and a bare upper body, with a cord of beads and marks on his arm, bends forward offering a yellow cloth bundle. A woman in white kneels before the seated figure with her head bowed. Behind them, white-clad devotees and onlookers sit on the steps, some with hands joined, and a colourful ceremonial canopy is visible at upper left.