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A seated man in an orange saffron cloth sits on a gilded throne (peetha) piled high with white and yellow flower petals and garlanded with red, orange and white flower garlands. He wears a rudraksha mala and a gold necklace and smiles while a bald man in an orange-and-cream dhoti and sash, with sacred marks on his forehead, stands beside him holding a paper. To the left, an older man in a white shirt and white dhoti with an orange border stands with his palms pressed together in greeting. A banner behind shows Tamil script and a painted deity face. A man in white with a red scarf stands at the right edge. The setting is a canopied outdoor stage. Probable Swamiji (probable) sits on the throne with long hair, saffron cloth, rudraksha mala and gold necklace.

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