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Close photograph of a smiling man with swept-back long dark hair tied low, a red vertical tilak on his forehead, bare-shouldered and wearing an orange saffron shawl with a gold border. He wears heavy ceremonial gold bead necklaces with black accents, and sits before an ornate gold repoussé throne with floral and scroll carvings. Appearance-based probable candidate: Swamiji (probable), identified by the swept-back hair, saffron shawl, gold beaded malas and ornate throne.