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A photograph of a man in a rust-red saffron-toned robe standing outdoors under palm fronds, holding a silver aarti lamp with a lit flame in one hand and a small silver vessel in the other. He wears a long white and red flower garland, rudraksha mala beads around his neck, a red tilak on his forehead, and a red thread on his wrist. Beside him is an ornate carved wooden canopy or palanquin decorated with white jasmine garlands and red roses, with dried palm leaves overhead. Swamiji (probable): long dark hair swept back, full beard and rudraksha malas, consistent with a sannyasi offering aarti.