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A home visit scene in a living room. A seated figure with long swept-back dark hair, a rudraksha mala, gold necklaces, gold armbands and bangles, and a saffron-and-maroon garment receives a visitor; he holds a yellow mango in one hand while smiling. A woman in an orange-and-maroon sari stands with palms pressed together in namaste, and a man in white shirt sits in the lower left. Behind them, several sannyasis in orange and maroon robes with rudraksha malas sit on the floor, one holding a brass vessel on a tray, and a trident stands nearby. Fruit, flowers, a platter of rudraksha and an orange cloth lie in front. Onlookers stand in the background. Probable Swamiji cues: long swept-back hair, ornate gold jewellery, rudraksha mala and saffron clothing, in a seated receiving role.

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