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Outdoor ceremony before tiered red-brick steps lined with black stone lingam-style pedestals. A man with long dark hair, a red-brown robe, a white-and-purple flower garland, rudraksha and gold necklaces and gold armlets sits on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion, holding a staff. Seated before him on a striped mat are several devotees: two women in orange saris at left, a woman in a cream sari, a bare-chested man with white tilak and rudraksha mala holding a small plate, a shaved-headed man in white dhoti with rudraksha mala and offerings, and a woman in orange at right. Plates of flowers, fruit and bowls surround them. The seated man's appearance matches the page's Swamiji reference with several cues (long hair, garland, ornate gold necklaces, throne), so this is an appearance-based probable identification.

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