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Close-up photograph of a smiling man with long dark hair swept back, wearing a red bindi on his forehead and a red garment edged with gold trim. He wears a heavy gold bead necklace and sits in front of an ornate gold-embossed throne with a deep red backrest. The appearance and ceremonial cues (long hair, red-and-gold ornate clothing, gold necklace, throne) are consistent with a probable Swamiji (probable) candidate seated in a formal setting.