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A photograph of a bearded man with long dark locks and a vertical tilak on his forehead, seated on an ornate silver throne carved with mythical creatures and lion-shaped armrests with leopard-print cushions. He wears a rust-orange saffron cloth draped over his bare shoulders and multiple strands of rudraksha beads around his neck, with a thin gold chain visible. He sits with his palms pressed together in a greeting gesture and smiles toward the viewer, against a backdrop of decorative red and silver stage drapery. A Swamiji (probable) depicted as the presiding seated figure, with long hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha malas as cues, receiving honour in a temple-inauguration setting.