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Close photograph of a man with long, swept-back dark hair and a small red kumkum mark on his forehead, wearing an orange-saffron shawl over bare shoulders and a heavy gold ceremonial necklace of barrel-shaped beads with dark spacers. Behind him an ornate gold carved throne or peetha with floral and figural relief fills the background. Swamiji (probable): the long hair, saffron wrap, gold necklace and ornate throne setting are the qualifying cues, and he appears to be seated and being honoured as the central figure.