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A photograph inside a temple hall with red pillars and a shrine at the back holding a deity murti decorated with white garlands. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes sits on a white-draped seat, smiling, with one hand resting on a devotee who kneels before him in a white t-shirt and white dhoti, bowing with a garland of flowers at his feet. Around them, white-clad devotees stand with palms pressed together in anjali, and a man in saffron stands behind a tray of fruit. A woman in a red blouse kneels at right with her hands folded. Brass lamps and offerings are on the altar, and a cameraman stands at upper left. The seated saffron-clad man is the Swamiji (probable) by appearance, given long swept-back hair and saffron clothing, and the scene reads as a darshan-style reception.

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