A photograph of a seated man with long, dark, swept-back hair wearing a white robe with a green-and-gold bordered shawl and a red sash. He sits smiling with eyes lowered in front of an ornate brown-and-gold brocade cushion on a cream sofa. Behind him hang red and green silk drapes with gold trim. At lower right, blue irises and yellow and pink roses are arranged in a vase. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a seated man with long, dark, swept-back hair wearing a white robe with a green-and-gold bordered shawl and a red sash. He sits smiling with eyes lowered in front of an ornate brown-and-gold brocade cushion on a cream sofa. Behind him hang red and green silk drapes with gold trim. At lower right, blue irises and yellow and pink roses are arranged in a vase.

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