Skip to content
A photograph of a ceremonial stage with a golden throne on the left, carved with a cobra hood and lion figures and draped with leopard-print and tiger-striped cloth. A figure in a rust-orange and red robe, with a red turban, gold necklace and hands folded in prayer, sits on the throne in front of a microphone stand. On the right, a deity murti or image is adorned with red, yellow and white garlands and a golden crown beneath a multicoloured canopy. A man in an orange robe stands at right holding a lit lamp beside the murti, with brass oil lamps flanking the altar. The painted jungle backdrop shows a river, lotus flowers and figures in white dhotis. Robe colours and garlands are the main visual details. Probable Swamiji seated on the throne with hands folded in greeting, wearing rust-orange and red robes, a red turban and a gold necklace.