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A smiling man stands barefoot on a gilded stage with his palms pressed together in anjali namaskar. He wears a rust-orange turban with gold stripes, a red-and-gold-trimmed brown shawl over a brown dhoti, and a long garland of pink and white flowers with rudraksha beads. Gold ceremonial necklaces, gold armbands and bangles adorn him. Behind him a large ornate gold throne with carved lion-head arms sits on a tiger-skin-draped dais with velvet cushions, flanked by a gilded backdrop and a painted figure at right. Swamiji (probable): the saffron-orange turban, rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold ornaments fit the presentation, and he stands before the throne. Watermarked copyright text runs down the right margin.