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A seated man in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and a tilak on his forehead places his right hand on the head of a kneeling older woman in a white blouse and white sari with an orange-red shawl. He sits on a red throne with gold lion-head armrests, a peacock-feather fan and a silver staff nearby. Behind them a framed patterned panel hangs on a cream wall, and a red drape stands at the left. The scene resembles a blessing or darshan. Swamiji (probable): the seated man wears saffron robes, a rudraksha mala and a tilak, with dark swept-back hair and a gold ornament at the neck, so his identity is probable rather than confirmed.