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A photograph inside a dark temple shrine with black walls and hanging brass bells and oil lamps. A central figure sits on an ornate gold throne with a tiger-skin cushion, wearing an orange-brown dhoti and shawl, a long white garland with red and green accents, a gold necklace, and bare feet. Swamiji (probable) is shown in the throne seat, his long swept-back hair and ceremonial gold necklace visible. Seated before him on the floor, a white-haired man in white shirt and red shawl folds his hands, a woman in white sari with red shawl sits to the left, and another woman in white sari with orange beads sits nearby. Silver thalis of flowers and oil lamps sit on a gold table where a devotee is performing padapuja with the feet of the seated figure. Two more devotees in white and orange stand in the background, one with a white forehead marking.

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