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Close-up portrait of a smiling bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair, a white tilak band with a red dot on his forehead, and a full beard. He wears layered rudraksha malas with gold bead caps, coral beads, pearl strands, ornate gold necklaces, a large gold medallion and gold armlets. He sits before an ornate gold repoussé backdrop with a lion-face motif. Probable Swamiji by appearance cues: long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold necklaces; he is seated in person. A faint