A smiling man with long dark hair and a red bindi sits cross-legged on a red tiger-striped cushion in front of an ornate gold repoussé throne back. He wears an orange-saffron robe, a long white jasmine garland edged with red flowers, and a dark rudraksha mala. He raises a thumbs-up with one hand and rests a wooden rod with brass ends across his lap. Red flowers lie at the bottom of the frame. The photograph appears to be taken indoors against a red curtain.