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A bare-chested man with his eyes closed and hands pressed together in namaste stands before an ornate silver repoussé panel with a lion-face motif. He wears multiple strands of rudraksha malas, heavy gold ceremonial necklaces with pendant, rudraksha armlets, and a pink thread bracelet. White ash bands mark his forehead, arms and chest, with a red tilak at the brow. Beside him a gold staff topped with a seated bull figure rises on the right against a pale pink-and-grey sky backdrop. Visible cues include long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold, consistent with the page's identification of Swamiji.