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A smiling bearded man in a rust-red turban with a gold cobra ornament and a red bindi on his forehead sits before a gold-embossed backdrop. He wears a rudraksha mala with gold beads, a gold necklace, a gold earring, and a garland of pink lotus flowers with white beads over an orange-brown garment. Swamiji (probable): long dark hair beneath a crown-like ornament, ceremonial gold necklaces and rudraksha malas, and saffron-orange clothing. Shown in close-up, eyes half-closed and smiling; a dark maroon curtain appears at left.