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A photograph of a ceremony in an ornate setting. On the left, a young man with a bare upper body, wearing a rust-red cloth and rudraksha malas, holds a brass bowl with a large flame. On the right, a smiling man in rust-red robes, rudraksha beads on his arms and chest, a gold chain, a patterned headwrap and forehead markings, sits on a wooden chair with one hand raised toward the flame. Behind them stand a silver statue, a brass kalasha-like finial and a golden decorative backdrop. a person (the page's claimed presence) is seated and wears the rudraksha, gold necklace and headwrap cues, with the seated figure described as a devotee-led ceremony participant.

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December 10 20172017-12-10December 20 20172017-12-20December 10 20172017-12-10 +2 copiesDecember 10 20172017-12-10 +3 copiesDecember 20 20172017-12-20December 20 20172017-12-20December 20 20172017-12-20December 02 20172017-12-02March 03 20182018-03-03December 20 20172017-12-20December 20 20172017-12-20A seated man in an ornate silver and red throne wears a dark dreadlock-style hair bun topped with a green leaf wreath and a leopard-print headband, a rust-red shawl and heavy gold bead necklaces with a gold pendant. Gold armbands and bracelets adorn his arms as he smiles with eyes closed. A younger priest standing at left, bare-chested with white sacred markings and an orange cloth draped over his shoulder, holds a thin white strip above the seated man's head while another man kneels in front of the throne with a dark head bowed. Blurred orange and green fabrics and deity figures stand in the background. Swamiji (probable) is seated on the throne with the cues of a leaf crown, ornate gold necklaces and a rust shawl.2017-09-10