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Close-up photo of a smiling man seated before an ornate gilded throne with repoussé scrollwork and lion-face motifs against a deep red backdrop. He has swept-back dark hair, a broad white horizontal tilak across his forehead, and a bare chest with a double strand of dark rudraksha mala and a thin gold chain. A rust-red cloth drapes over his shoulder, and his raised right hand shows painted fingernails. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and a gold chain with ceremonial throne setting.