Photograph of a bearded man with long dreadlocked hair falling past his shoulders, smiling with eyes closed in profile. He wears a white tripundra marking on his forehead, a rust-red shawl draped over bare shoulders, and a long rudraksha mala of brown beads hanging on his chest. Behind him, blurred figures in white and yellow clothing stand in what appears to be a ritual setting. a person, seated in person as a devotee-facing presence during the Mahasadashivoham programme.