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A photo of a smiling man with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, white sandal marks and a saffron-orange shawl over the shoulder, wearing heavy gold bead necklaces with rudraksha-style mala strands; the appearance cues are distinctive, so this is a probable Swamiji (probable) figure, at a ceremonial gathering. He reaches to a man in white shirt and glasses who holds out his hands, appearing to offer or receive a ritual item. Behind them, other people in white and saffron stand before a golden shrine with orange lamps and a decorated altar backdrop.