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Outdoor photo of a man in saffron-orange dhoti and matching shawl, bare-chested with gold armlet, standing in front of a tree wrapped with pink and yellow flower garlands. He wears long swept-back dark hair, a white vertical tilak, red kumkum on his forehead, a long white and red flower garland with green leaves, and gold earrings. He holds a silver lamp with a flaming wick in one hand and a silver bell in the other, performing an aarti-style lamp offering. A wooden pole stands beside him and a second person is partially visible at left. The lamp is an oil lamp; the setting appears to be a temple or ashram courtyard with trees behind. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and gold armlet mark the ceremonial role, consistent with the page's identification. One person is clearly visible, with a second partially visible at left.

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