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A photograph of a bearded man with long dark hair and a white horizontal forehead mark, wearing a rust-red draped shawl over bare shoulders and a small gold pendant, raising his right hand in a blessing gesture with a red thread on his wrist. Behind him is an ornate embossed silver-gold repoussé backdrop with scrollwork and floral motifs. Probable Swamiji: long swept-back hair, saffron-red ceremonial shawl and gold necklace, seated before ornate silver, appears to be giving a blessing.