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A seated man in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban sits on a red and gold throne with a zebra-striped cushion, wearing a long garland of orange, white, green and red flowers. He smiles and extends his arm toward a young boy kneeling before him in a white dhoti with a gold border and a bare upper body, holding a small gold-edged book or plate with both hands and a bowl nearby, with white tripundra marks on his forehead. Behind them a seated crowd in white and saffron clothes fills a dimly lit pavilion with a green draped curtain and a patterned banner. Swamiji (probable) appears to be the seated figure, identified by the saffron robe, orange turban and heavy floral garland. A brass pot and offering vessels rest on the red cloth at the lower right.