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A large tented hall decorated with hanging colourful paper lanterns and oil lamps during a festival gathering. A bearded man with long swept-back hair, wearing an orange-saffron robe over a leopard-print cloth and a rudraksha mala, sits on an ornate gold-trimmed brown leather throne. Several women in saris and salwar kameez stand before him holding silver trays with small framed images and offerings, one handing a tray forward. A standing man in white dhoti and gold-bordered shawl with a rudraksha mala stands behind the throne. A woman in a gold sari on the left holds a tray with a small framed portrait. Seated devotees fill the red-carpeted floor, and large screens show a bearded robed figure. Swamiji (probable): the seated man on the throne wears saffron robes, long swept-back hair and rudraksha malas.

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