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A smiling man sits cross-legged on a maroon throne with gold lion-head armrests, in front of a large semicircular arrangement of red, pink, yellow, white and green flower garlands. He wears an orange-saffron robe, a multi-strand rudraksha mala with a large gold pendant necklace, gold bangles and earrings, and a sandalwood-and-kumkum forehead mark. His right hand is raised near his head in a gesture. Behind him at left, part of a painted deity figure is visible. Probable Swamiji matches the saffron robe, long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklace and rudraksha cues while seated on the throne, so he is treated as present in the photo.