Skip to content
A man seated on a wooden chair with a red-and-gold cushion, in a red-orange saffron cloth draped over one shoulder and bare-chested with a dark turban-style headwrap, wearing multiple strands of rudraksha mala around his neck and arms, with a white tripundra and red bindi on his forehead, smiling and raising both palms in an expressive gesture while speaking. A small microphone is at right and a silver figure of a deity and ornate metal ritual vessel sit beside him. Swamiji (probable): the long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and layered rudraksha malas match the page's stated presence, and the figure is physically present. Behind him are red and gold draped fabrics and a pillar.