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A photograph of an ashram outdoor scene beside a rust-coloured shipping container. A long-haired man wearing saffron-orange garments, a white sandalwood forehead mark, a wide rudraksha mala and ornate gold necklaces reaches toward a tray of white and red flowers held by a person at the right edge. Two men in saffron dress stand nearby, one holding a long wooden pole, and a bald man wearing a rudraksha mala and gold chain stands behind. Strings of coloured cloth flags hang overhead. Swamiji (probable) is the long-haired man with the ornate gold necklaces and rudraksha mala; the appearance cues are distinctive but the identification is based on appearance only.

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