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A man with closed eyes sits before a silver repoussé backrest decorated with floral scrolls and a lion-face motif, against a starry blue background. He wears a white vertical tilak with a red bindi on the forehead, long dark hair swept back, and a short beard. He is bare-chested apart from a red-orange ochre shawl draped over his left shoulder, and wears layered rudraksha malas, matching rudraksha armlets, and a large gold pendant with a deity image. Probable Swamiji is shown in an appearance-based match: long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas, ceremonial gold pendant and ochre clothing, seated in meditation. The image is a studio-style photograph with a decorative backdrop and no visible ritual activity beyond the seated meditative pose.