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Close photograph of a smiling man with long, swept-back black hair and a red kumkum dot on his forehead. He wears a bright green garment with a patterned border and a heavy gold ceremonial necklace of beads. In the lower right foreground, a large gold trident-topped staff is blurred in front of him. The background is a red fabric and a shimmering gold backdrop. The man's appearance matches the probable Swamiji cues of swept-back long hair, ornate gold necklace and saffron-free ceremonial dress, so he is recorded as a probable in-person candidate.