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A seated person holds up a silver trident (trishul) in a plain room with pale walls, wooden shelves holding small brass and wooden figurines, and a bookshelf. Long white and yellow flower garlands hang from the ceiling and a white flower garland is draped over the seated person's shoulders. This person wears a red-and-gold robe, gold necklaces, a red mark on the forehead and a rudraksha mala, and smiles. Beside them on the left, a shaved-headed attendant in an orange robe and white forehead marks sits with hands folded, and a tray of bananas, apples and mangoes stands on a table to the right. A partially visible shaved-headed man in orange appears at the bottom right. The appearance of the seated person with long hair, gold jewellery and a trident is a probable Swamiji match, so the seated figure is identified as Swamiji (probable) in this home-visit setting.

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