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Outdoor ceremony under a pink canopy hung with marigold and yellow flower garlands along the back drape. A seated figure with long swept-back dark hair wears a golden-cream shawl over orange-red robes, with a red and white flower garland around the neck, hands folded in greeting. Standing before him, a bare-backed man in orange cloth with a topknot receives the gesture, his hand held by a man in white shirt and trousers. Other saffron-robed priests sit to the sides, a man in white shirt photographs with a small camera at lower left, and a cameraman with a video camera stands at right. Gold-trimmed chairs and a raised platform complete the setting. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure's long swept-back hair, ornate golden shawl and orange-red robes match the page's account of him presiding at this event.

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