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Close photograph of a smiling man with a dark, tall matted topknot wrapped with many rudraksha beads and a silver crescent ornament. He wears white horizontal tilak lines and a red-and-black forehead mark, a gold pendant on a chain, a red robe and a leopard-print shawl over one shoulder, and a red thread on his wrist. Behind him stands an ornate silver throne with a large silver finial on the right. Visible cues include the rudraksha crown, crescent, ornate silver throne and jewelry, so the appearance is a probable Swamiji (probable) presence in person, seated near the throne.