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Night-time photo of a ritual courtyard. A bare-shouldered man in a maroon-red wrap and layered beaded malas sits on an ornate silver-white throne draped with a tiger-striped cloth, with a gold necklace and red armbands; a dark turban is wrapped on his head, and a microphone stands nearby. Silver-decorated altar items with garlands and a small deity murti sit beside him. In the foreground, a priest in a maroon garment with a yellow sash bends over a square fire pit (homa/yagna) lined with yellow and white rangoli-style borders and piled with wood. Two white-clad devotees with rudraksha malas sit behind, and more people stand in the background. This appears to be a homa setting; the seated man matches several cues of the probable Swamiji profile (turban, malas, ornate clothing), so he is presented as an appearance-based candidate.

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