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A seated figure on a gold-decorated throne in a dark-walled hall receives devotees' offerings. The seated person wears an orange-brown robe and a matching turban, with red-and-yellow flower garlands and rudraksha-style beads, and raises both palms in greeting. Around them, women in white saris and a robed man hold brass trays of lit oil lamps, kumkum and flowers, while others sit with folded hands. Hanging garlands, brass bells and oil lamps frame the scene, and a golden lion-form carving sits at the base of the throne. The seated person is a probable Swamiji by visible cues: a turban, ornate beaded adornments and an orange-brown robe on a throne, in a Guru Purnima-style offering ceremony. There are roughly 15 visible people.

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