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Close-up photograph of a smiling man with long, swept-back black hair and a red kumkum tilak on his forehead. He wears an orange-saffron garment and a rudraksha mala, and his neck is draped with thick garlands of white and red flowers with green leaves and purple blossoms, with gold trim. Behind him is an ornate gilded carved backdrop, with red and white flower garlands at the right edge. Swamiji (probable): the long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, rudraksha mala and ceremonial garlands are visible cues of a sannyasi presentation.