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Evening outdoor darshan at an ashram at dusk. A figure in a saffron-orange turban and saffron garment, with long curly hair and a flower garland, sits on a white-draped seat and places a hand on the forehead of a man in white who kneels with his palms joined. Around them, a crowd of devotees dressed in white and cream stands and sits on a red mat, some with hands raised. A tall white-wrapped flagpole stands in the background beside trees under a darkening blue sky. Decorative red and orange tassels hang from the seat. A seated figure in saffron is visible in the lower right. The figure in saffron has long, swept-back curly hair, a saffron turban, a saffron garment and a garland, consistent with the Swamiji (probable) appearance cues.

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