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A photograph of a seated figure on an ornate silver throne with a red velvet seat, facing right in a large hall. He wears a saffron-orange draped robe, a rudraksha-style necklace, a vertical white tilak on his forehead and long dark hair swept back, holding a silver staff with a slender ceremonial rod in one hand. Behind him hang a red backdrop and yellow drapery. Several rows of seated devotees fill the foreground and sides, including a woman in a blue sari and a woman in a light cream garment with an orange shawl. Probable Swamiji: the orange robe, long swept-back hair and ornate throne match the page's description of the figure seated on the throne. Seated audience members and a silver lectern appear at the left edge.