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A seated man in orange-saffron robes sits cross-legged on an ornate carved wooden throne with turned posts and lion-foot legs. He wears a black swept-back hair crown, a red bindi, layered beaded necklaces of rudraksha and gold-coloured beads, and rudraksha armlets and wrist malas. His bare feet rest on a cream cushion, and a silver staff and a glazed ceramic urn stand at left against a carved backdrop. Swamiji (probable) is identified by the long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha malas, seated on a throne as a teacher on stage.