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A bearded man in saffron-orange clothing and a tall dark-red turban with a jewelled ornament sits on a golden Nandi-style bull seat in a large hall filled with seated devotees. He wears layered gold and rudraksha necklaces, a leopard-print cloth, and armbands, and holds a tall golden trident (trishul) upright. Many white- and pink-clad devotees sit in rows; a large screen behind him shows a pink image, and a standing fan is at lower right. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure has a turban, saffron clothing, rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold necklaces, consistent with the page's reference to Swamiji.

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