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Close-up portrait photograph of a smiling man in a maroon and gold-brocade turban wrapped with a jewelled ornament and strands of rudraksha beads. He wears a white forehead marking with a red central bindi, a gold earring, and a rudraksha mala at the neck. A silver ornate object with repoussé floral embossing fills the right background, and the man raises one finger on the left edge of the frame. Faint rain-like streaks appear against a dark backdrop. A copyright line runs along the lower right. Swamiji (probable): the rudraksha malas, ornate turban and ceremonial jewellery mark him as the presented figure.