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A photograph inside a temple hall during construction. In the foreground, a smiling man with long, swept-back dark hair, a red bindi and a flowing orange shawl stands near a metal scaffold pipe. Behind him, a second man in orange robes rests his hand on the horizontal pipe. To the right, a man in orange robes with a white cloth over his shoulder gestures, and a man in a white t-shirt and jeans looks on. A grey stone deity murti with a tall crown and multiple arms stands on a plinth behind the scaffolding, and a red curtain hangs in the background. On the left, colourful ceremonial decorations, garlands and a gold deity figure are visible. Probable Swamiji (probable) is the smiling man in the foreground, identified by long swept-back hair, orange shawl and red bindi. He is in person in the photograph.

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