A man with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead sits on an ornate silver throne decorated with embossed deity figures and carved lion heads, leopard-print cushions beneath him. He wears a rust-orange robe with gold border, a thick rudraksha mala, and a gold necklace, with a gold ring on his hand, bare-chested and barefoot. A microphone stand is at his side, and a silver kalasha-like vessel sits on a small silver stand to the left. A matching figure appears only in the photograph's context; the man's clothing, hair and throne suggest a senior guru role at a discourse, with the throne and silver lions as the central visual anchors.

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Date

2017-12-17Source: title

Dimensions

1066 × 1600 px

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Context page

December 17 2017

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