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A photograph of a seated man in saffron and rust-coloured robes on an orange-draped throne, wearing a long garland of yellow and red flowers over rudraksha beads, holding a silver staff in one hand and raising the other palm in blessing. Several people in orange and white attire stand and sit beside him, including a shaved-headed attendant in saffron with a white forehead mark and a white-clad man holding a gold-tipped rod. Two women with flower-adorned hair sit with folded hands before a lit oil lamp and a brass thali of flowers and fruit. Marigold and jasmine petals lie on the floor. Swamiji (probable): the seated man has long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and saffron robes, consistent with the page's identification of the event.