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A photograph of a bearded man with long dark hair seated on a tiger-skin-draped chair beside a gilded bronze Nandi bull, with a golden trident leaning at left. He wears a rust-brown dhoti and shawl, a gold ceremonial necklace and a red tilak on his forehead, and rests one hand on the bull's back. Behind him a golden deity murti of a seated multi-armed figure with a consort stands before gold-scrolled panels with lion-like makara figures. Potted green plants, a small wooden stool with a yellow fruit and coconut, and a dark red backdrop complete the stage. The man's appearance with long hair, ornate gold necklace and saffron-toned clothing is a probable match to Swamiji (probable), seated as the central figure.