Skip to content
Close photograph of a smiling man with long swept-back black hair, a red kumkum dot and white tilak on his forehead, wearing saffron-orange robes draped over the shoulders and a long rudraksha mala of dark beads. Behind him is an ornate gold throne with carved floral and scroll patterns and round gold finials. Swamiji (probable): the long swept-back hair, saffron robes, rudraksha mala and ornate gold throne are visible cues of a seated teacher figure, so this is an in-person appearance-based candidate.