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A bare-chested man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi-style mark with white ash on his forehead stands against a starry night-sky backdrop. He holds a large gold-toned hand drum (damaru) raised in his left hand, with a gold ornamental armlet and rudraksha bead bracelets on his upper arm. Across his chest he wears layered rudraksha malas, a ceremonial gold chain and a cluster of metal bells. He is smiling broadly. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold ornaments, shown as an in-person subject.