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A seated man in a maroon-red turban decorated with a crescent ornament, a white feather and a jewelled brooch, wears a matching maroon-red wrap and a heavy gold necklace of beads and a large gold pendant. He raises his right hand in a teaching gesture toward a microphone on a stand, seated on a red cushioned chair in front of a large gold peacock-fan backdrop and gold draped curtains. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), giving a discourse in a satsang setting; the crescent, turban and ornate saffron-red robes are the qualifying cues. A small copper vessel sits at the lower left.