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A man in a rust-brown robe with a long orange-saffron shawl stands centrally on a stage with eyes closed, smiling, and both palms raised outward in a blessing gesture. He wears a white tilak with a red dot on his forehead and a red thread on his wrist. Behind him a golden five-hooded serpent canopy (naga) rises above a gold-embossed throne against red draped curtains. Brass lamp-bearing female figures (deity statues) flank the stage in the foreground. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, orange shawl and ornate setting, with the role of a seated-dais teacher giving a blessing.