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A photograph of a padapuja-style blessing in an indoor hall. A bare-shouldered figure with a dark bun and a yellow-orange marigold garland sits on a throne-like seat, pressing his right palm to the forehead of a young man in a white shirt with an orange-red shawl and hands joined in namaskar. The seated figure holds a silver staff topped with a trident and a peacock-feather bundle, and a gilded lion-head armrest is in the foreground. Behind them, women in white and orange-red shawls, one with a rudraksha mala and a kumkum forehead mark, watch, and a framed painting hangs on the wall. The seated figure's distinctive presentation is consistent with Swamiji (probable), given the swept-back hair, ceremonial gold-and-saffron garland, and bare-shouldered orange ritual dress.

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