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A photograph in a street shop in Varanasi. A long-haired person in an orange-saffron garment looks up at several hanging strands of large brown-red rudraksha beads displayed on the left. Behind them, a man in a brown knit sweater vest and light trousers stands at the stall. Plastic chairs, burlap-wrapped bundles and a corrugated awning sit in the street background, and a few pale ritual items hang at the left edge. The orange-clad figure with long dark hair and saffron clothing is a probable Swamiji appearance match.

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