A photograph of a smiling man seated cross-legged on a red velvet throne in front of an ornate gold-leaf backdrop, with a tiger-skin rug beneath him. He wears a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, a gold chain with gold beads, a wristwatch, and a lapel microphone. He has long swept-back dark hair, a white vertical tilak with a red bindi, and holds his palms raised in a teaching gesture. Two long garlands of pink flowers with yellow and white accents hang across his body, and a red flower rests near his feet. This appearance-based label matches the saffron clothing, long hair, gold necklaces and garlands of the page's Swamiji candidate, but identity remains a visual judgement: Swamiji (probable) seated in satsang.

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