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A photograph inside a room with pale pink walls and wooden glass-front cabinets. A figure seated on an ornate gold-framed throne with red cushions, wearing a rust-orange robe, a gold pendant necklace and beaded malas, with palms pressed together in namaskar, is the probable Swamiji by appearance, with long dark hair and a sweeping beard. Three men stand in the foreground: two on the left bare-chested in white dhotis with coloured borders, one holding a rudraksha mala, and one on the right with a blue headcloth, hands folded in prayer, wearing a green shawl over a white dhoti. A carpet of multicoloured patterned mats lies on the floor, with a basket of red fruit and a teal-and-orange cloth bundle beside the throne. A watermarked copyright line is visible on the right, though it is not part of the description.

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