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A photograph inside a small room with pale blue walls during a house visit puja. A seated man in a saffron-orange robe with a swept-back hairstyle, a flower garland of white, pink and orange blossoms, and bangles receives an aarti plate with a lit oil lamp from an older man in a white shirt and an older woman in a purple top. A standing shaved-headed attendant in orange holds a silver trident and presses palms together, another orange-clad young man sits nearby with a rudraksha mala, and a woman in a white sari sits behind. Flower petals and fruit are arranged on the floor mat, and a framed picture hangs on the right wall. The seated man matches the appearance cues for Swamiji (probable), seated in an orange robe with a garland and swept-back hair, being offered aarti.

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