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A smiling man with long, swept-back black hair and a red bindi sits on an ornate gold throne decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange robe and a heavy gold necklace of beads, and is draped with a white and red jasmine garland that he rests his hand on. A gilded lion figure is at the lower left, a red cushion beside him, and a red, blue and white painted panel and palm trees behind. The photo is a close portrait of a single seated person in an outdoor procession or event setting. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), based on long swept-back hair, saffron robe, gold beaded necklace and throne setting.