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A photograph of a ceremonial stage scene in front of an ornate silver-toned carved backdrop with a lion-figure relief. A central seated man with long dark hair, a white forehead mark, a leopard-print garment, and a thick multi-colour garland of yellow, purple and red flowers smiles while attendants honour him. A kneeling man in a white dhoti with gold border and a red sash bows low at his feet, and a woman in a peach kurta and red shawl kneels at his side. On the left a standing attendant wears a red dhoti and a leopard-print waist cloth, and on the right a woman in a maroon sari holds a rudraksha mala. Rose petals lie on the platform. The central man matches Swamiji (probable) by long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and distinctive leopard-print clothing, but this is an appearance-based label only.

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