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A photograph of a ritual puja in a room with white walls and wooden cabinets. A seated man in a rust-brown saffron-toned robe, with long dark hair, a gold necklace and many beads, sits with palms pressed together in namaskar on a gold-framed red throne with red cushions, with a patterned rug beneath. A shirtless man in a white dhoti with gold borders stands at left with hands folded and a dark rudraksha-style mala. At right a man in a blue head-cloth and striped cloth bends over offerings on the floor. In front are yellow and red marigold garlands, a yellow bag of fruit, and lit oil lamps. Swamiji (probable): the seated man wears saffron-orange robes, long hair and a gold necklace on the throne.

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