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A photograph of a seated figure on a deep red velvet throne with a gold-embossed back panel showing a lion-face relief. The seated person wears a tiger-striped orange and black garment, a long pink, red and white flower garland, a gold armlet and bangles, and has a tilak on the forehead. The figure extends a hand toward a man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala and an orange sash, who raises his palms in reverence. Behind them a man in orange robes photographs the scene, and other attendees and a woman in a sari stand in the background. A golden lion figure rests beside the throne. Swamiji (probable) is the seated figure, identified by the swept-back long hair, ornate tiger-print clothing, garland and gold ornaments, seated in an honoured position.