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Night ritual scene on stepped red-and-white platform steps at an outdoor event. A bearded man with long dark hair stands centre-left in a rust-brown robe, wearing a large gold pendant, gold chain, and a white-and-pink garland, smiling and raising one hand in greeting. Probable Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, ornate gold pendant and garland, and a saffron-toned robe. To his left a woman in a maroon sari with orange border holds flowers and a basket; a man in white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala stands beside her. At right a bare-chested man in white dhoti with gold border, rudraksha mala and arm bands stands with hands clasped. Behind them a man in white dhoti films with a camera, and devotees in white and orange stand among the crowd under bright lights.

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