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A seated man in a jewelled silver throne with a peacock-and-gem backrest, tiger-striped cushions and a silver elephant-head figure at its side. He wears a rust-red robe, a pink and white lotus-petal garland, heavy gold necklaces, gold armbands and bangles, and a white forehead marking with a red dot. His hands rest folded in his lap and his eyes are lowered, while a tiger-striped footstool supports his bare feet in a jewelled silver base. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklaces and a rust-red robe on a throne match the page's depiction of the speaker of this initiation session.