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A photograph of a ceremonial gathering under a blue, purple and yellow draped canopy. A smiling man seated on a red ornate throne-like chair wears a red-and-saffron garment, a crown-like saffron headpiece, and long layered gold and red-beaded necklaces with silver pendants, with a rudraksha-style mala visible. Beside him, an older man in a white shirt and saffron-orange shawl with white and red flower garlands stands with palms pressed together. A man in white kneels at lower left near a pile of white flower garlands, a woman in green is prostrate in the foreground, a shaved-headed man in saffron stands at left, and men in white shirts stand around the seated figure. Portrait banners with photos of smiling figures hang at top right. Probable Swamiji (seated figure with crown, saffron and red robes, and ornate beaded necklaces, receiving devotees in an honouring setting).

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