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A photograph of a ritual at a Kumbh event. On the left, a man in an orange-saffron shawl and a red-orange turban, wearing a gold necklace and gold bracelets, leans over a long row of ornate silver boxes and places his hands on one, beside a silver tray of marigolds and a lamp. Behind him stands a bald man in a rust-brown wrap with a gold necklace. At the right, a man in white dhoti with a red rudraksha mala and gold necklace watches, and several women in white saris and shawls stand with hands folded in anjali, with more people in white and orange in the background. The scene reads as an offering or puja at the silver chests. Swamiji (probable) appears to be the man in the saffron shawl and orange turban with gold ornaments and marigold garland.

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