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A smiling man sits cross-legged on a patterned rug before a large gilded sun-shaped backdrop, with a microphone on a boom arm beside him. He wears a leopard-print saffron-brown turban, a rust-red robe, and many layers of dark rudraksha malas across his chest and arms, with a gold pendant necklace. A white-and-red forehead mark is visible. Brass oil lamp stands flank him, and a metal singing bowl sits in the foreground. Swamiji (probable): the appearance cues of a man in rudraksha malas, a distinctive turban and ornate clothing match the page's claim that Swamiji is at this event, and he is physically present in the photo.