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Close-up photograph of a bare-chested man with long dark hair swept back, a white horizontal forehead band and a red vertical tilak, smiling while raising one hand in a mudra with rings on the fingers. He wears layered gold chains with rudraksha beads, a gold pendant with a cobra hood, multiple rudraksha bracelets and gold ornaments on the shoulders and arms. Behind him stands an ornate silver-coloured plaque with repoussé floral motifs, and blurred figures appear in the background. Swamiji (probable): the long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold ornaments are the qualifying cues for the appearance-based label; he is seen in person in the photograph.