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A crowded devotee gathering in a small room with pink walls and floral garlands along the edge. A white-haired elderly man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala bends forward, holding a small gold-coloured packet toward a long-haired figure on the right who wears a rudraksha mala, layered gold necklaces, bangles and a saffron-orange cloth, and extends a hand in greeting. Behind them a woman in an orange-and-gold silk sari holds a small child in a teal shirt, and a shaved-headed man in saffron clothing with tripundra marks stands beside a long trident-like staff. Other devotees in white and cream shirts and dhotis press in from the left, and a woman in a dark patterned sari stands at the far left. Swamiji candidate present; appearance cues (long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala, layered gold necklaces, saffron cloth) are distinctive: Swamiji (probable) is the figure receiving devotees.

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