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A seated man with closed eyes sits cross-legged amid dense white smoke from a ritual fire, a homa or yagna. He wears a leopard-print turban, an orange-red shawl over a saffron-toned garment, and a long rudraksha mala with a dark bead necklace. His right hand is raised in a mudra. Behind him are carved wooden screens, a silver plate holds a small red cup and offerings, and a brass vessel sits near the smoking fire. Swamiji (probable) is shown performing the ritual, with cues of the rudraksha mala, turban and orange-red clothing.

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