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A photograph of a smiling bearded man with long dark hair seated on an ornate silver throne with leopard-print cushions and carved lion-head armrests. He wears a rust-red sannyasi drape over bare shoulders, a gold chain necklace, a red thread on his wrist, and a horizontal white and red forehead mark. He holds a red cloth in his lap. Behind the throne a large screen shows a temple gopuram. The appearance matches the Swamiji (probable) cues of long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklace and saffron-red sannyasi clothing, seated on a throne; this is an in-person candidate, and the page notes this Navaratri event at Nithyanandeshwara Temple.