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Indoor ritual scene in a plain room with pale tiled walls and a pink draped curtain on the right. A man with long dark hair tied back, wearing an orange-saffron cloth draped over the body with a rudraksha-style mala and gold ornamental necklaces, sits on a white plastic chair with white paste on his forehead and arms, extending his hand toward a tall garland of white jasmine, red and orange flowers topped with a silver trishul. Several seated young men in orange and yellow cloth with sandalwood and vibhuti markings look on. A brass kalasha-style vessel and a brass lamp stand on a table, along with a plastic water bottle. Swamiji (probable) is identified from appearance cues: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, gold necklaces and sacred ash, seated as the central figure presenting the garland, with the trishul and flower-garlanded staff.

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