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A man with long swept-back dark hair and a red bindi stands smiling beside a large brown leather armchair inside a hall, holding a silver ceremonial sword in his right hand. He wears an orange-red garment with a tiger-stripe patterned waist cloth, multiple strands of gold beads, an ornate gold pendant, and red-and-gold armbands. Seated rows of women in orange and red shawls and saffron clothing sit in the foreground, and a purple patterned wall panel stands at left. Swamiji (probable): the long hair, orange-red attire, gold necklaces and tiger-print cloth are the cues, and he is in person in this photograph.