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Outdoor ceremonial scene. A bearded man with long dark hair and a red-orange tilak on his forehead wears an orange-red sannyasi garment and a thick dark rudraksha mala with a gold pendant, smiling and gesturing with his right hand toward a decorated palanquin or deity vehicle draped in red brocade with yellow and purple flower garlands. Behind him stand a man in a white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala, and a bare-chested attendant holding a tall gold staff. A young attendant on the right, also bare-chested, holds the palanquin. Red and white flower offerings lie in the foreground, and a red and white pole with hanging decorations is visible above. Probable Swamiji by appearance cues: long swept-back hair, orange sannyasi clothing and heavy rudraksha mala with ceremonial gold pendant, in a procession-style ritual setting.

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