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A man with long swept-back hair, a short beard, white and red tilak on his forehead and a red-orange shawl over his shoulders sits eyes-closed on a silver-decorated throne, wearing layered rudraksha malas and a gold chain. Before him stands a silver bowl filled with yellow flowers and green leaves, and a hand offers a further offering from the right. To the left, a man with glasses and bare chest wears a rudraksha mala beside a woman in a white and yellow sari making an offering in a puja setting. Swamiji (probable) is seated centre-right as the central figure, identified by his long hair, orange-red shawl, rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold necklace.

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