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A smiling bearded man in a rust-red turban with a jewelled brooch sits on an ornate throne-like seat in front of an elaborately embroidered gold and blue backdrop with bead tassels. He wears a pink and white flower garland, a long rudraksha-style gold necklace of large beads, gold armbands and bracelets, and a rust-red shawl over his bare chest. A red tilak mark is on his forehead and his right hand is raised in a gesture while he speaks. Swamiji (probable) appears to be the person seated, with the cues of a swept-back dark braid, turban, ceremonial gold necklaces and garland. Two gold-and-silver ornate objects and a brass vessel sit in the foreground.