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A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi sits cross-legged on an ornate gilded throne with a red velvet back and a gold canopy with leaf-shaped pendants overhead. He wears a saffron-orange wrap, eyes closed, face lifted as if speaking or chanting into a microphone on a stand. Cream cushions and orange and white pillows surround him, a gilded footstool holds his bare feet, and a dark blue curtain backs the stage. A brass hanging lamp with oil lamps hangs at left. Swamiji (probable) is identified by the long hair, saffron clothing and throne setting; the ceremonial seat and microphone show a discourse or darshan on stage.