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Photograph of a ceremonial initiation on a stage at night. A bearded man in rust-brown robes, wearing a white floral garland, rudraksha mala and a ceremonial gold chain, with a white tilak on his forehead, sits on an ornate gold throne and places his hand on the head of a young girl with long dreadlocked hair and bare shoulders. Another young girl in orange robes sits on the right, and a young man in orange stands at left holding a small brass bowl. Stage lights and red drapery frame the scene. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure wears long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala, ceremonial gold necklace, garland and ornate throne cues consistent with the page's identification.

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