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Outdoor ceremonial scene at an ashram with a red-brick building and a tiered red-and-grey stand with rows of seated people in white behind a metal railing. A central man wears a rust-red turban topped with a yellow flower crown, a rust-red shawl, and layered garlands of red flowers and gold-toned beads, with a rudraksha-style mala visible at his chest; his bare shoulder and arm are dusted with scattered yellow petals and white powder. He holds up a woven bamboo basket on his left side. Beside him a man in white dhoti and shawl with white markings on his forehead holds a hand out toward the basket. Another man in saffron-orange garments with bare head and white forehead marks stands to the right, and a further man in orange cloth is at the edge of the frame. Swamiji (probable): the central figure has a turban, a crown-like flower adornment, saffron-red garments and ornate garlands, matching the page's context.