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A photograph of a bearded man seated on an ornate white carved throne before a microphone stand. He wears a leopard-print cloth wrapped as a turban over long braided hair, a white vertical tilak on his forehead, a thick mala of rudraksha beads, bead bracelets, and a rust-red robe draped over one shoulder. His right hand rests near his face and his left on the armrest. Behind him is a large orange and red backdrop with a painted deity figure and a small crescent ornament. In the lower left, a brass oil lamp figure with a lit lamp sits beside a metal pot. Swamiji (probable) is seated in a teaching posture, identified by the turban, long hair and rudraksha mala cues, with a ceremonial gold necklace visible.