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Indoor photograph of a ceremonial exchange beside a long garland of marigolds and roses in red, yellow, white and purple. A man with long swept-back dark hair wears a bright orange sleeveless top with an orange shawl draped over his shoulders and raises one hand toward an older man in a white checked shirt, who bows with his palms pressed together near a gold-bangled woman in a blue and floral sari, hands folded in greeting. Behind them a woman in a blue sari smiles, and an orange-robed attendant stands at right in a loose orange cloth. A red apple and a small stack of fruit lie on a tray at lower right, with a pale display backdrop behind. Swamiji (probable): the man in orange sleeveless top with long swept-back hair, shawl and visible ceremonial hand gesture, appearing to bless the older man.

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