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Festive temple scene with a man seated on a decorated throne in a red-orange robe, wearing layered garlands of white and orange flowers and a rudraksha mala, smiling as devotees gather close. Behind him a large throne backdrop is covered in striped garlands of red, yellow, white and green flowers. Around him stand devotees: a bald man in an orange shawl at left, a man in white with a dark shawl and a man in a white dhoti with a brown shawl, a woman in a dark red sari at right, a young girl in white, a small boy at left and several other people in the foreground. A brass oil lamp and a golden lion-headed armrest appear nearby. Probable Swamiji (seated, orange-red robe, long dark hair, rudraksha mala and garlands) receiving devotees, consistent with a Guru Purnima satsang.

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