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A smiling man in a black turban decorated with an orange and white beaded band stands before an ornate silver throne-like backdrop featuring a lion-face motif, against a fiery orange and red cosmic sky. He wears a white sacred ash marking on the forehead with a red bindi, a dark rudraksha mala with a gold pendant, and a red-orange draped cloth over bare shoulders. His right hand is raised in a gesture of blessing. A silver cobra-entwined staff stands at the left edge. The image is a studio portrait. Swamiji (probable): the figure wears a turban, rudraksha malas, a ceremonial gold pendant and ornate orange clothing, matching the page's description of the presiding teacher.