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A photograph of a seated figure in a red and orange robe with a tall red and white crown and long-bead flower garlands, holding a tall silver ritual staff upright with one hand while seated on an orange cushioned seat. Before them a devotee in a pink and cream sari kneels with folded hands near a silver plate of offerings, and a man in white with an orange-red garland and a young man in a checked shirt sit with hands folded nearby. Several men in white dhotis and red shawls stand in the background beside a wooden-framed window, and a priest in white is partly visible near a lit ritual setup. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), with the crown, saffron-orange robe and flower garlands as cues, presented as the central figure receiving devotees.

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