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A home shrine on a yellow cloth altar. A large framed colour portrait of a smiling man with long dark hair, red tilak, saffron-orange robe and a long gold-and-white beaded necklace, raising one hand in blessing before a banyan-root backdrop, is the central image; the figure is a portrait, not a physical person. Probable Swamiji depicted in the portrait, with long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and ornate beaded necklace. In front stands a smaller silver-framed black-and-white portrait garlanded with red flowers and white plumeria. A folded reddish-brown cloth with a jewelled brooch sits centre, flanked by silver vases, a white flower arrangement, plumeria blossoms and a small red chilli, with a brass lamp holding a lit candle in the foreground.