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A photograph of a seated man on a red velvet throne with a gilded ornate backrest decorated with yellow and purple flower garlands. He wears a leopard-print cloth wrapped as a turban, a white vertical tilak with a red dot on his forehead, a brown silk garment, layered gold necklaces with a large ceremonial pendant, a long multi-coloured garland of yellow, white, pink and green flowers, and gold armbands. He smiles with his hands resting on the throne arms. To the left stands a silver trident (trishul) and an attendant in orange robes. Swamiji (probable): the seated man has a distinctive ceremonial presentation including a turban, layered gold necklaces and garlands on a throne, matching the page's reference to Swamiji at this event.