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A photograph of a tall copper pillar with a carved bronze base and a seated figure niche, wrapped with orange cord and draped with yellow marigold garlands. A standing figure in orange saffron robes and a long rudraksha mala holds a brass oil lamp aloft with one hand and a brass bell in the other, gazing upward under an overcast sky. Wisps of smoke rise from the lamp. Another person stands partly visible at the right edge. The setting is outdoors on a raised platform, with palm trees behind. Swamiji (probable): the figure has long hair and distinctive saffron robes and rudraksha mala, performing a lamp ritual.

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