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Photograph of an indoor initiation ceremony at a hotel ballroom with patterned carpet. A central figure seated on an ornate gold-and-brown throne wears a dark turban, saffron-orange robes and multiple rudraksha malas, and gestures with raised hands over a large silver bowl set on a gold pedestal. Probable Swamiji (probable) from the distinctive visible cues of the dark turban, saffron robes and layered rudraksha malas, seated in a throne-like chair as the presiding figure. Kneeling before him is a woman in an orange patterned top with a white shawl and flowers in her hair, her palms out toward the bowl. To the left a man in white kneels with a rudraksha mala, and beside the bowl a seated man in white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala holds a small vessel. Standing on the right, a man with white hair wears white robes and a red lanyard, and a woman in pink sari with red lanyard sits behind. Several saffron-clad attendants and seated participants fill the background.

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