A seated figure on a gilded throne with a golden peacock-feather backrest and a golden canopy overhead, in front of a wall printed with large red roses and red petals. The seated man wears a rust-red turban, a white flower garland, rudraksha beads and a red-brown shawl, and holds a silver trident-topped staff; a probable Swamiji candidate, with long hair obscured by the turban and distinctive ornate clothing and garland cues. Before him, a row of devotees in white and cream clothes sit with their backs to the camera, some with rust-red shawls, while a woman in green and gold sits to the right and a bald man in white sits near the front. In the foreground a man in a white kurta holds a tiered brass oil lamp with many lit flames, as in an aarti. Most of the scene shows people seated in a ritual gathering.

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