Skip to content
Close-up photograph of a man with eyes closed in calm meditation, seated before an ornate gold throne-back with repoussé floral and scroll designs and round gold knobs. He wears an orange saffron shawl over a sleeveless orange garment, a long rudraksha mala of dark beads, and a thick garland of red flower petals with yellow marigold-style blooms and green leaves. Long dark hair falls back from the forehead, with white sandalwood paste and a red kumkum dot between the brows. Probable Swamiji: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, rudraksha mala and a golden throne backdrop support the candidate, though appearance alone is uncertain.