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A photograph taken indoors at a hall with a crowd of devotees in the background. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and white trousers bends forward, offering a pineapple on a red cloth to a seated figure in an orange-red sleeveless top with an orange cloth wrapped at the waist, who wears a white flower garland and has hair tied in a bun. A woman in a yellow and white sari with an ID badge raises a hand toward him. Two men in orange clothing stand at the left edge. Red apples sit on a tray in front, and pink and white flower garlands hang at the right. Framed portraits hang on the wall behind, and the ceiling has fans. The seated figure appears to be a swami in ceremonial attire, though this identification is uncertain.

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