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Outdoor photo of a group of devotees with hands pressed in anjali mudra, standing on a paved terrace beside a white wall with trees behind. A man in a saffron robe with a rudraksha mala, long dark hair and a red-and-white floral garland stands in the centre, holding pink flowers. Beside him a man in an orange robe also holds flowers. A bald man in a yellow dhoti with a purple shawl stands at left, a man in white kurta and dhoti stands next to him, and a man in a white kurta holds a flower offering in the foreground. On the right, a bearded man in white holds flowers and a basket, with a camera crew filming above. The scene suggests a puja or pooja offering. Swamiji appears as a probable saffron-robed person with long hair and rudraksha mala, identified from appearance cues.

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