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Close photo of a bearded man with eyes closed and a broad smile, seated before an ornate silver-embossed backdrop with floral and deity-like relief patterns. He wears a white forehead mark with a red bindu, a long pink and white flower garland, a rudraksha-style beaded mala, and a reddish-brown wrap over bare shoulders with a leopard-print cloth beneath. A microphone on a stand is visible at right, and his right hand is raised in a gesture while he speaks. Swamiji (probable) cues: crown-less but distinctive ceremonial adornments, rudraksha, garland and saffron-toned wrap; the figure is seated in a discourse setting.