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A photograph inside a covered temple hall during a festival. In the foreground, a large painted deity murti with a jeweled crown, gold necklace and red-and-white flower garlands stands beside colourful decorated processional structures and red umbrellas. On the right, a long-haired person in saffron-orange robes with a gold-bordered wrap and a white-and-red flower garland raises a green leaf toward the murti. Another person holds a brass vessel with a wicker-wrapped container nearby, and white-clad devotees stand in the background among the crowd. Probable Swamiji (long swept-back hair, saffron robes, flower garland) appears in person.

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