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A seated pontiff in a gold crown and red-and-gold silk shawl sits on a red-cushioned golden throne, wearing a rudraksha-style necklace of red flowers and a gold pendant, with white and red garlands draped over his lap. Standing before him, a man with long, swept-back dark hair and a saffron-orange robe places his right hand on the crowned figure's head in a blessing gesture while smiling. Gilded throne backrests and a painted deity figure with a red garland appear behind them, with a green festoon above a blue-and-pink shrine backdrop. The scene reads as an investiture or coronation ceremony in a temple-style hall. Swamiji (probable): the standing man in saffron with long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala and gold-chain pendant is the.