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Outdoor satsang gathering under an orange tarpaulin canopy with bright sunlight. Foreground, an elderly bearded man in orange robes and an orange turban, wearing a garland of yellow-orange flowers and a rudraksha-style necklace, holds a folded white paper and extends his hand toward a younger man. That younger man sits smiling in a deep maroon-red turban and maroon-red wrap with long dark hair, a rudraksha mala and ornate gold-beaded necklaces, and gestures with an open hand. Around them, many devotees in saffron-orange robes sit close together, and a white ceremonial staff with a curved top rises in the centre. The younger man has distinctive long hair, a maroon turban, and gold necklaces, consistent with the page's description, so this appearance-based candidate is labelled as probable Swamiji.

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