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Outdoor welcome on a dirt road beside a red Tata-style SUV with a roof rack. A long-haired figure with dark curly hair, wearing an orange robe, stands with palms joined in namaste toward a bearded older man in white clothes with a yellow shawl. Behind them, a man in orange robes holds a brass kalasha topped with a coconut and garlanded with flowers, and a young man in white with an orange shawl stands nearby. A woman in a teal sari with a dark shawl smiles at right. Coconut palms and an orange-and-striped umbrella frame the scene. The long-haired figure in orange shows the swept-back dark hair and saffron robe cues associated with Swamiji, so the identification is probable, though the appearance is not conclusive. Four people are visible.

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