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A photograph of a long-haired man seated on a gold-ornamented throne framed by a large arch of yellow, orange-red and purple marigold garlands with white flowers and green leaves. He wears an orange-saffron garment, a red bindi, a multi-strand gold-toned necklace of beads and a bracelets on his wrists, and holds a silver-gold trident-like ceremonial staff in one hand while gesturing with the other, smiling. Seated figures in the foreground, partially visible, include one person at lower right in white. A golden lion-shaped carved armrest and a woven basket appear beside the throne. Probable Swamiji shows long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha-style gold necklace cues, seated in ceremonial honour as a dais figure.