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A photograph of a ritual blessing in a red-curtained hall. A figure in a rust-orange turban and orange-and-gold draped garment, with a white and yellow flower garland and rudraksha-style beads, places a hand on the head of a young man in a white shirt who kneels before him. Beside them a bald priest with yellow tilak on his forehead, wearing glasses, orange cloth and a brown rudraksha mala, sits attentively. Gold-coloured deity murti and a brass lamp are visible in the background, along with an orange fruit on a tray in the foreground. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure in the rust turban and flower garland with a shawl, receiving the devotee, is a candidate by appearance cues, shown here in person.

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