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A seated teacher in a rust-orange dhoti and bare chest sits on a golden bull-shaped seat draped with a tiger skin, in front of a large crowd in a white-draped hall. He wears an orange-red turban with a gold ornament, a heavy gold necklace, rudraksha-style beads and gold armbands, and raises one hand while holding a tall golden staff topped with a trident-like finial. Seated devotees in white and orange fill the foreground and rows behind, and a large screen glows at the right edge. Appearance cues are distinctive (turban, ornate gold jewellery, orange ceremonial clothing, bull seat), so this is a probable Swamiji (probable) seated before the crowd, as the page indicates.

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