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A photograph of a man with long swept-back dark hair and a full beard, wearing a rust-red robe with an orange shawl draped over one shoulder, a long gold necklace and a gold chain, seated on an ornate silver throne with a red cushion and silver lion-head armrests. He has a white forehead band and a tilak mark and gestures with his right hand. Probable Swamiji by appearance cues: long swept-back hair, saffron-toned ceremonial clothing and gold necklaces, seated on a throne. To his left, a silver staff or trident stands beside a red-draped tray holding a gold ritual object. Behind him, several people in white clothes and orange shawls sit, including a shaved-headed man in white and a young man in a grey top with an orange shawl seated at lower left. A banner partly visible at the top shows a light-coloured design.