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A photograph of a man in a rust-orange turban and orange-brown wrap, with long dark hair falling down his back, a gold chain, rudraksha beads and a leopard-print cloth, standing in profile beside a large polished silver-gold elephant statue with a raised trunk and ornate carved ears. He appears to hold an oil lamp near the statue's base. Behind him a younger man in an orange cloth with a camera strap stands beside a camera on a tripod, and a red and white ceremonial backdrop hangs in the background. The man in the turban has distinctive long swept hair, ornate adornments and a rudraksha mala, so he is a probable Swamiji (probable) candidate; the statue is a depiction of an elephant deity form.

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