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A seated man in a rust-red saffron robe and a long gold-bead necklace with a large gold pendant sits on an ornate gold throne with carved lion-head armrests and a leopard-print cushion over a tiger-skin seat. He raises his right hand in blessing and his left palm faces upward, and a tilak marks his forehead beneath a gold crown-like headpiece. Hanging brass oil lamps and rudraksha-style bead strings frame the golden throne, and carved green-robed figures stand at the sides. Swamiji (probable): the seated man wears a gold crown, rudraksha-style beads and ceremonial gold necklace, matching the page's claim, so he is treated as the Swamiji candidate in a throne setting.