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Energy darshan session indoors: a figure in orange robes and an orange turban, bare-chested with a white floral garland, sits and places his hand on the head of a kneeling man in a white shirt and rudraksha mala. A man in white with a lanyard and red thread stands leaning in, while white-clad devotees watch behind. Pink and white flower petals scatter the floor, and a girl at left holds flowers. The orange-robed figure is a Swamiji (probable) candidate by his orange turban, orange shawl and rudraksha-adorned presence, seated in the role of the spiritual guide giving darshan.

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