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A seated man in a maroon-brown ceremonial robe sits on a leopard-print cushion before a large gold sunburst backdrop with carved lion-head pedestals at the lower corners. He wears a leopard-print turban with a red tilak, layered garlands of yellow, white, red and green flowers, and gold necklaces with a large pendant. He holds a white staff with a serpent-shaped head in his raised right hand and smiles toward the camera. Behind him are yellow and purple flower strands. The photograph carries a and . The page indicates Swamiji was at this event, and the figure's cues (leopard-print turban, gold ornaments, garlands, ceremonial robe) are consistent with the Probable label, so the figure is labelled Swamiji (probable) here, seated on a throne