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Close-up photograph of a smiling man wearing an ornate gold crown with a large fan-shaped backdrop of gold filigree, seated before a gilded throne with scrolled gold carvings and gold drapery behind him. He wears a white vertical line on his forehead, gold hoop earrings, layered pearl and black bead necklaces, heavy gold chokers and pendants, a rudraksha mala and a brown-orange shawl over bare shoulders. His right hand is raised in a palm-out blessing gesture. Appearance-based cues of crown, ornate gold and rudraksha suggest a probable Swamiji (probable) seated in a ceremonial setting.