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Indoor photograph in a wood-panelled office. A seated long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits behind a wooden desk, a red bindi on the forehead, smiling with one hand raised. Four people stand beside him: a man in a pale yellow polo shirt, two women in maroon and red-bordered saris with jasmine in their hair, and an older man in white shirt and white dhoti with hands in anjali namaskar. A brass oil lamp stands at left and a framed portrait sits on a cabinet at right. A book lies on the desk. The seated figure matches the appearance cues of the Swamiji candidate (saffron robes, long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala), so the label is probable.

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