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A photograph in a temple hall at a ceremony. A bearded man with a rolled dark turban and a red-brown garment, wearing a green and white jasmine garland with red flowers, sits eyes closed before a large silver arched backdrop with red gem accents on a throne. Beside him a young boy, bare-chested with white cloth, leans in and touches the seated man's hand. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti kneels at left, while women in white and cream sarees with gold borders stand at right, one holding a hand to her chest. A silver staff and painted deity figures stand behind the group, with ornate pillars at the top. Swamiji (probable): the seated man in the saffron-toned robe, turban and garland matches the page's claim, though identity is based on appearance cues only.