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Close-up photograph of a smiling man with long dark hair swept back, wearing a white horizontal forehead mark and a red dot at the centre of his brow. He wears a deep red shawl with a gold-bordered edge and a long rudraksha mala of dark beads hanging over his shoulder. Behind him a red cushioned backdrop and ornate gold repoussé metalwork are visible. Probable Swamiji by appearance: long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala, red-and-gold ceremonial shawl, seated before a gilded throne-like backdrop.