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Night photograph at a temple entrance lit by strings of multicoloured lights and illuminated towers behind. In the foreground a long-haired man with a sweeping dark mane, bare-chested and wrapped in a rust-red cloth, stands with palms pressed together in prayer, wearing heavy gold necklaces, gold armbands and a white forehead mark. Beside him a shaven-headed man in a similar rust-red cloth holds a small ritual object in his hands. Behind them several men in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha beads, one with a painted white forehead, follow closely. On the right a man in a white polo shirt with black stripes and a blue emblem holds a tan hat and walks past an ornate golden gate with carved stone pillars nearby. Probable Swamiji is the long-haired figure in the foreground, identified by his long swept-back hair, ornate gold jewellery and rust-red ceremonial dress.

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