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Photo of two smiling men in a warmly lit outdoor space with red walls, a wooden pillar and a stone sculpture at the edge. The man on the right, with long swept-back dark hair, a short beard, a red-brown forehead mark and a red-brown shawl over his shoulder, wears multiple rudraksha mala necklaces and is adjusting an earring on the younger man's ear. The younger man on the left has a white and red tilak across his forehead, a red bindi, orange and yellow garments, beaded rudraksha and bead necklaces, and drop earrings. A rope hangs from the wooden pillar behind them. Swamiji (probable) appears to be the man on the right, based on his long hair, rudraksha malas and red-brown shawl, consistent with his role as a sannyasi embracing a devotee's ritual adornment.

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