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A photograph of a group walking along a stone-walled path beside a gopuram-topped temple complex at dusk, with a misty hill behind. In the foreground a figure in a long dark-hair style wears a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a gold-beaded necklace and a rudraksha-style mala, walking alongside a bald man in orange robes holding a garland. Other saffron-clad sannyasis and devotees in white dhotis and shirts follow, with a man in a grey shirt and jeans at right. The Swamiji candidate shows distinctive orange robes, long hair and beaded adornments, so the appearance-based label is Swamiji (probable), walking in procession as an in-person presence.

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