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A seated man in saffron-orange robes with a gold-bordered sash and a long rudraksha mala sits in a brown leather armchair, smiling and extending both arms toward a crowd. A white vibhuti or sandalwood mark is on his forehead, and a woman in a saffron blouse with a gold border kneels at the lower left beside a wooden table holding a silver bowl of red sticks. Around them, devotees in white and orange shawls press forward, some with palms joined, including an elderly woman in a green sari and a woman in a teal sari. The room is decorated in maroon and gold tones. The image is an archive photograph; the seated figure has distinctive long-hair and ornate-clothing cues in ceremonial setting, so this is a probable Swamiji (probable) presence receiving devotees, with the kneeling woman an attendant and the crowd devotees.

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