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A photograph of a festive reception on an orange-floored stage before a painted temple backdrop with pink and green pillars and a golden deity figure with flaming crown. A central man with long dark hair, wearing a rust-orange dhoti and shawl, a gold ceremonial necklace and a red-and-white flower garland, smiles and gestures toward a man in white dhoti and kurta beside him, who wears a red garland and tilak. An elderly man in white shirt and dhoti offers a plate at left, a woman in a blue sari and garland stands near him, and a row of men in rust-orange robes with rudraksha malas and white forehead markings stand at right, palms pressed together. Scattered petals cover the floor. Probable Swamiji (long swept-back hair, gold ceremonial necklace and rust-orange robe), in an honoured reception position.

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