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A photograph of a ceremonial honouring at a stage. A seated man in saffron-orange robes and a red shawl wears a gold crown and a fresh flower garland, smiling, with bare feet on a red-draped platform. Behind him rises a large throne backdrop of rainbow-coloured flower garlands and gold ornamental carving. A devotee in an orange dhoti and orange shawl kneels or bends before him, hands raised in offering. Standing to the left are men in white dhotis and white headwear, one wearing a rudraksha mala and a red-and-saffron shawl, and a man in white shirt and dhoti with beads. A woman in a saree with flowers in her hair and a pearl garland is in the lower right foreground. Seated man with garlands is Swamiji (probable), judged from saffron robes, distinctive ornate crown, rudraksha malas and flower garlands, presented on a throne.

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