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Photograph of a bearded man seated before an ornate gold throne-like backdrop with carved lion-head motifs and warm lighting with garlands at top right. He wears a rust-orange turban decorated with a white feather plume, a gold pendant and jewelled ornaments, a blue-white forehead marking with a dark bindi, and an orange-brown shawl. He is adorned with multiple strands of rudraksha beads with gold spacers, rudraksha armlets and a woven gold-chain waist belt. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), an in-person figure with turban, rudraksha malas and ceremonial ornaments, smiling toward the side.