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Outdoor devotional gathering under a thatched palm-leaf canopy at Pattanam, with a tall painted pillar in the upper right. A man in an orange saffron turban and orange robe sits on a white-draped seat, his long hair swept back, leaning forward as a man in a white shirt bends to offer something to his feet. Behind them a crowd of devotees in white shirts and saris presses in; an older woman in glasses folds her hands, a young boy in a yellow shirt reaches forward, and a woman in the foreground clasps her hands in greeting. An orange cloth lies on the white-covered seat. A sanctity-marked visitor in a white shirt stands at right. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), seated as the honoured figure in saffron with a turban, long hair and orange robe; devotees offering reverence.

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