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A seated man with long swept-back hair, wearing an orange-and-gold dhoti and a large pink, white and green garland, holds a silver trident upright in a small room with purple curtains and a standing fan. Several devotees in orange and white attire sit around him, one woman in a green blouse with palms joined in namaskar, and a priest in orange-and-gold cloth kneels nearby beside a tray of fruit and flower offerings. A videographer with a camera stands at left and a man in white holds a gold-handled ceremonial staff at right. The scene appears to be a welcome or honouring ritual in an ashram-style room. a person: the seated man's long swept-back hair, orange-and-gold clothing and garland with the trident are consistent with the page's reference to him.

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