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A seated man in orange-red robes and a leopard-print headband sits before a silver Nandi bull and silver ritual vessels in a shrine. He wears long rudraksha malas and bracelets, a white forehead mark, and a long dreadlocked hair. He is attentively handling items on a brass tray with his hands. Silver deity shrines, flower garlands, a brass lamp stand and a wicker basket surround him on a striped cloth. Swamiji (probable) is the page-indicated figure, shown here with long hair, rudraksha malas and saffron-orange robes while performing a ritual. A silver microphone stand stands nearby.

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