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A portrait photograph of a seated man against an ornate silver-toned backdrop with embossed deity figures and floral finials. He sits cross-legged on a red cushion, bare-chested and wearing a red-orange dhoti. He wears layered rudraksha malas, heavy gold necklaces with large pendants, gold armlets and bangles, and a gold chain. His forehead bears white vibhuti with a red kumkum dot. His right hand is raised in a mudra and his left arm extends outward, with a silver staff visible at the right edge. The photo carries a pedia source mark

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A seated man in a red-orange dhoti sits cross-legged on a red cushion, bare-chested and smiling, with a white vertical forehead mark and a red bindi. He wears a dense rudraksha mala with heavy gold ceremonial necklaces, a gold pendant, rudraksha bracelets and gold armlets, and raises one hand in a mudra. Behind him is a large embossed silver panel with a face motif and gold ornaments. A silver staff rests at his right side. Swamiji (probable): the long swept-back hair, ornate gold jewellery and rudraksha malas match the page's identification, though the figure is seated in a ceremonial portrait setting with a single person present.2019-12-19December 19 20192019-12-19A seated man in red and orange ceremonial dress sits against an ornate silver-embossed panel with gold jewellery hanging on it, backed by an orange-and-teal sunset-style backdrop. He wears a white vertical tilak with a red bindi, long swept-back hair, multiple strands of rudraksha malas, a large gold pendant necklace, gold armlets and bracelets. He raises one hand in a mudra and holds a silver staff. a person is shown in a studio-style portrait with saffron-red cloth and a seated posture on a red cushion.2019-12-18A seated man in a red-orange dhoti sits cross-legged on a red cushion before an ornate silver-toned backdrop with embossed figures. He is bare-chested and wears multiple strands of red rudraksha beads and heavy gold ceremonial necklaces, plus rudraksha armbands and gold arm ornaments. A white vibhuti mark with a red kumkum dot is on his forehead, and a silver staff with a serpent-like top rests beside him. Swamiji (probable) is the subject, with his long hair and layered rudraksha and gold adornments as visible cues.2019-12-19A bare-chested man with a white vibhuti band and red kumkum dot sits on a red-draped seat before an ornate silver embossed backdrop with a deity face. He wears layered rudraksha malas, heavy gold ceremonial necklaces, a gold pendant, rudraksha armbands, and a red dhoti. He rests one hand on a silver-handled staff, smiling, with a pale sky behind the throne. Swamiji (probable): the figure has long swept-back hair, multiple rudraksha malas and gold ceremonial necklaces, consistent with the page's attribution, so the swamiji field is set to depiction only if this is a print; this is a studio-style portrait.2019-12-19December 20 20192019-12-20A portrait-style photograph of a bare-chested man seated cross-legged on a red cushion in front of an ornate silver backdrop with a lion-face relief and hanging gold ornaments, against a dusky orange-and-teal sky. He wears a white forehead band with a red bindi, multiple strands of rudraksha and coral beads, a gold ornate pendant, rudraksha armlets and wrist bands, and red dhoti-style cloth. He raises one hand in a teaching gesture and rests the other on a silver staff. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, a crown-like ornate pendant and layered ceremonial gold necklaces with rudraksha malas, seated on a throne-like cushion as a teacher. One person, no other people visible.2019-12-18December 20 20192019-12-20December 20 20192019-12-20December 19 20192019-12-19A seated man smiles at the camera, bare-chested, wearing dense multi-strand rudraksha malas in orange-brown, heavy gold necklaces with a central pendant, orange-brown rudraksha armbands and bracelets, gold rings, and a red dhoti-style cloth. He sits on a throne-like seat with an ornate silver-toned backdrop, holding a long silver staff with a carved handle, and a silver stick lies across the foreground. A white sandal-paste band and red bindi mark his forehead. The dark background and warm lighting give a formal portrait feel.2019-12-16A seated man with a smiling expression and raised right hand in a blessing gesture sits on a red cloth in front of an ornate embossed silver backdrop. He wears a tall dark hair crown topped with a golden ornament and crescent, a white forehead band with a red dot, and layered gold necklaces with large pendants over multiple rudraksha malas. Rudraksha bands and gold armlets are on his arms, and a golden ceremonial staff lies across the red cloth in front of him, with a rudraksha mala beside it. The photograph appears to be a formal portrait of the man in ceremonial dress, with the upper body bare apart from the adornments.2019-12-14