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A barefoot man in a bare-chested orange-red saffron wrap and dhoti walks along a white stone platform, glancing down, with a rudraksha mala across his chest and a white-and-red vertical tilak on his forehead; hair is swept back. Behind him stands a second man in orange robes with a full beard. Smoke drifts through the scene near a brass lamp and a grey SUV, with palm trees and tiled-roof buildings beyond. Swamiji (probable) appearance cues: swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala, in person at the outdoor ritual setting.

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