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Photograph of a smiling bearded man with a tall dark dreadlocked crown-like hair wrap and a red tilak on his forehead, seated before a backdrop of yellow and red marigold garlands and an ornate gold-and-jewelled decorative panel. He wears a rust-orange shawl over his bare shoulders, a heavy gold necklace of multiple strands and a rudraksha-style pendant, holding orange fruit in both hands. In the foreground a person in a leopard-print cloth headband and a second person in orange robes are partly visible. Swamiji (probable) is shown here with his long swept-back hair, saffron-orange shawl and ornate gold necklaces, seated during a ceremony.