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A crowded night photo outside a temple-side building with a yellow and blue Tamil signboard. A bearded man with long swept-back dark hair, a white tilak on his forehead, a green-and-white flower garland and a brown-red shawl stands at the centre, smiling. Probable Swamiji, identified by long swept-back hair, a flower garland and a brown-red shawl, is among the crowd of devotees. Around him, young men in saffron-orange cloth with rudraksha-style beads and sandalwood or vibhuti marks press forward. A man in an orange shirt holds his arm, and another man in a purple shirt faces him. A raised hand holds a smartphone recording the scene, with a red thread on the wrist.