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A seated man with long dark hair, a beard and a vertical tilak on his forehead sits on an ornate silver throne with a leopard-print cushion, wearing a rust-orange shawl over bare shoulders. Facing him from the front-left, a bald-headed man with grey hair, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with an orange-and-cream checked shawl draped over one shoulder, stands with his back to the camera. Silver lion-form pillars flank the throne, a silver staff rests at the left edge, and red drapery fills the background. The seated man appears to be Swamiji (probable), identified by the long swept-back hair, ornate throne setting and orange shawl; this is an appearance-based label. The standing man is a devotee or priest in ritual dress. Partially visible at the left edge is another person with a tilak.