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A stage photograph of a ceremony at a temple-style hall with red curtains and ornate painted pillars. Seated on a large silver throne at right is a man with a saffron-orange turban, orange robe, rudraksha mala and bangles, with a rudraksha-bead necklace and a silver trident beside him; a probable Swamiji by appearance, though his face is not used for identification. Standing in a line at left are about fifteen young men in orange shawls, some holding red booklets or certificates, wearing dark trousers and red, blue or black shirts. A bearded older man in white and a man in white shirt and camouflage trousers stand among them. Silver decorative elements and a grey-haired onlooker frame the scene, and a woman in a pink sari stands at the far left edge.