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Close-up photograph of a smiling bearded man seated on an ornate gold throne carved with floral and figural reliefs against a dark teal backdrop. He wears a rust-orange turban wrapped with rudraksha beads and a central jewelled brooch, with a white forehead mark beneath it. Around his neck are layered rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold-capped beads, and his bare shoulder shows an orange-red garment. Swamiji (probable): long dark beard, rust-orange turban with rudraksha, layered rudraksha malas and gold-capped ceremonial beads, seated on a golden throne.