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A man with long dark hair and a broad orange-yellow tilak with a red bindi on his forehead sits smiling beside a golden lion-form throne, wearing a rust-red shawl and a heavy gold-coloured rudraksha mala. He gestures with one raised hand toward a dark wooden serpent-shaped staff entwined with a snake, and a tall silver trident stands at the right against a gold draped backdrop. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, ornate gold rudraksha necklace and rust-red shawl, seated on a gold lion throne with a trident and serpent staff. Gold lion-form seat armrests and gold draped backdrop suggest a peetha or throne setting.