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Close-up portrait photograph of a smiling man with a full black beard and moustache, wearing a rust-red silk turban decorated with a gold and jewelled paisley ornament with a red stone. He has a vertical dark tilak on his forehead and wears a rust-brown shawl over a gold rope-style necklace with a gold pendant. The blurred background shows warm yellow, green and purple bokeh. Based on the appearance cues of a jewelled turban, saffron-toned shawl and ornate gold necklace, this is a probable Swamiji (probable) in person, photographed at close range in a ceremonial setting.