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A photograph of a smiling man seated on an ornate gold throne with a red cushioned back and gold lion-head armrests. He wears a cream-white dhoti-style garment with a gold border, a rudraksha mala of dark beads around his neck, and holds a gold ceremonial sceptre in his right hand. His hair is long and swept back, with a red bindi on his forehead. Behind him is a lilac-toned backdrop of a banyan tree with hanging roots and a palm frond at left. A black recording device and a book appear at the lower left. Swamiji (probable): the seated man has long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala, ceremonial gold sceptre and a throne, consistent with the page's reference to Swamiji at this event.