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Close-up photo of a smiling man with eyes closed, wearing his long black hair piled high in a topknot wrapped with a band of rudraksha beads. He has a dark red tilak on his forehead, a full black beard, a small gold earring, and a gold pendant. He wears an orange-red saffron shawl over bare shoulders with a rudraksha mala draped around his neck. Behind him is an ornate silver repoussé backdrop with carved figures and a mythical bird motif. Swamiji (probable): the man has long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and saffron clothing consistent with the page's subject.