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A photograph of a seated man in a red-orange robe wearing a leopard-print turban, many rudraksha malas across his chest and arms, and a white vertical tilak on his forehead, smiling as he works a wooden hand-driven drilling or pressing device. Two attendants lean in from the left: one in a red cloth with long dark hair, another with white horizontal markings on the arms and a bare shoulder, feeding material into a small wooden trough over a small flame. A stone mortar and pestle sit in the foreground. Behind, a golden ornamental backdrop with brass lamps and green foliage; a microphone boom runs across the frame. Visible people: three, plus the seated man's appearance matches the Swamiji (probable) cues of a leopard turban, rudraksha malas and red-orange robe.