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A stage photograph of a ceremonial puja. A man seated on an ornate silver throne with a silver canopy, draped in red-and-saffron robes, wears a golden crown and holds a long staff, with a garland of purple and white flowers and a rudraksha-style necklace. Beside him stands a golden statue of a female deity with hands folded, and to the right an ornately decorated deity murti is garlanded in red, purple and white flowers, under a gold parasol. Brass lamps, offerings and a small wooden stand sit on a red carpet, with a backdrop showing a red-lit gopuram temple tower and red drapes above. The seated man is a probable Swamiji by visible cues: a crown, a rudraksha-style necklace and saffron-toned robes; the identification is appearance-based only.

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