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A photograph of a man seated on an ornate silver-backed throne in an outdoor evening setting with dark foliage behind him. He wears a rust-orange sleeveless robe with an orange-red dhoti, multiple rudraksha malas across his chest and arms, a gold necklace, and a white crescent ornament in his tall dark turban-style hair; he has a vertical tilak on his forehead and his eyes are closed. He holds a rudraksha mala in his hands, with a silver-handled vessel and a small dark stone-like object on a low table. On the table are yellow-dusted items, a small plate of grains, herbs and a pale cylindrical object. A microphone stand is visible above him and a bronze deity murti with an upraised hand stands at the right edge, beside flower garlands on a silver tray. Smoke hangs in the air behind the table. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), with the matching cues of long swept-back dark hair, saffron-orange clothing, rudraksha malas and gold necklace, seated in a presentation role.