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Close-up photograph of a smiling man with long dark hair and a full beard, wearing a white horizontal forehead mark, a brown rudraksha mala-style beaded shawl over a rust-brown garment, and a gold chain necklace. He is draped in layered garlands of pink lotus-petal flowers, red and white blooms, and yellow marigold-like flowers. Behind him is an ornate gold arched backdrop with scalloped carvings and a latticed golden screen. Swamiji (probable): the long swept-back hair, rudraksha beads, gold necklace and ceremonial garlands match the page's reference to Swamiji at this event, though the face is not used for identification.