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A seated man with long swept-back dark hair, a full beard and a saffron-orange shawl over rust-brown robes sits on an ornate red and white throne before a gilded deity murti with a trident-like figure above. He wears a white flower garland and a rudraksha mala, and he places his right hand on the head of a young boy in white clothes standing before him. Another man in a saffron dhoti with rudraksha beads and a bangle stands at left holding green leaves, a second boy in white stands at far left, and a woman in red and gold is partly visible at right. Green leaves, a brass lamp stand and a kalasha are arranged around the dais, with red draped curtains behind. The setting looks like a blessing or darshan at a temple dais. Probable Swamiji cues: long swept-back hair, saffron shawl, rudraksha mala and ceremonial garland.