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Close-up photograph of a man with eyes closed and a serene smile, seated before a dense backdrop of red, yellow, pink and purple flowers arranged in curving bands. He wears a white vertical forehead mark with a red bindi-like dot, long dark hair falling past the shoulders, a full beard, a gold chain with a large ornate gold pendant, and a rust-red shawl edged with gold embroidery over bare shoulders. A jewelled floral ornament sits at the top of the frame. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, ceremonial gold necklace and saffron-red ceremonial shawl, consistent with the page's reference to Swamiji. He is seated in meditative stillness as a flower-decorated backdrop surrounds him.