Skip to content
A large life-size cutout portrait of a smiling man in a maroon turban with a red tilak, seated cross-legged on a cushioned throne of striped and bead-embroidered pillows. He wears layered garlands of white jasmine, red and green gem necklaces, and a rudraksha mala, and holds a silver trident and a flower in one hand while the other is open. In front, a silver tray holds yellow and orange roses, green leaves and two silver ritual vessels with white paste, and a wooden elephant figure stands at left beside a brass lamp. The cutout is a printed image, not a physical person, and a book titled Living Enlightenment sits on a stand. Probable Swamiji cues: the maroon turban, rudraksha mala and ornate jewelled garlands on the portrait.