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A seated man in a red-orange dhoti and a red-and-gold headband with a yellow tilak on his forehead places his right hand on the head of a kneeling devotee in a white shirt and orange shawl. The seated man wears a rudraksha mala and sits beside a gold lion-form seat and a silver trident. The devotee holds a small white bowl and wears a red-orange shawl and a red beaded bracelet. Behind them hangs a framed colourful textile panel on a cream wall. The seated figure shows distinctive long swept-back hair, a headband and rudraksha beads, so he is a probable Swamiji candidate giving blessing to a devotee.

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