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A photograph inside a dim stone temple hall with carved wooden vahana figures, including a painted lion-like mount and a yali-type carved creature, displayed beside granite pillars and a small blue-and-gold canopied stand. On the right, a man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala, a gold necklace and a green cap, stands with hands folded and looks toward the carvings. Beside him, a man in white dhoti and a green cap and face mask stands in attendance, and a few more men in white stand in the background. The scene reads as a temple sanctum or hall tour, with the central figure's appearance and saffron clothing matching the page's Swamiji claim only partially, so the identity remains uncertain.

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