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Photograph of a ceremonial scene in a dark-walled room with a golden throne in the upper left. A man seated on the throne wears a rust-brown robe with a saffron shawl, a long orange-red rudraksha-style bead necklace, an armband and swept-back dark hair, with a tiger-striped cloth draped over the seat. Around the throne, brass and silver thali plates hold flowers, fruit and offerings, and hanging brass bells and a lamp are visible above. Seated devotees in white clothes and orange lanyards sit near the plates; one man in white with his hands folded in prayer, a woman in a white dress with an orange-red sash, and others are shown. A wall-mounted air conditioner is on the right. Swamiji (probable) is identified by the robe, shawl, long beads and swept-back hair on the throne, seated as a teacher receiving devotees.