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Outdoor photograph of a seated figure in a maroon-red robe with a gold-bordered draped cloth, wearing a thick beaded rudraksha-style mala and a gold ceremonial necklace, with white vertical forehead markings. Beside him stands a woman in a maroon sari with a beaded necklace, and behind her a woman in maroon with a white garland, both among a group of devotees in matching maroon robes holding long ceremonial staffs topped with a golden trident. A younger man in a white shirt and red-orange shawl with printed text leans in close, gesturing with his hands as if speaking. Red structures and a golden trident are visible in the background. Swamiji candidate: the seated figure wears long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklace, consistent with a probable appearance-based match, shown in a seated role.