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Close portrait photograph of a smiling bearded man, bare-chested, wearing a rust-brown silk turban decorated with gold peacock motifs and a central jewelled brooch. He wears layered gold necklaces, a large gold pendant, multiple rudraksha malas and gold armlets, with a red bindi and white marking on his forehead. Behind him is ornate gold-embossed metalwork with a lion relief and a dark-haired figure at the edge. Appearance-based candidate: Swamiji (probable), shown by the crown-like turban, ornate gold ornaments and rudraksha malas; role: the person in the foreground being photographed at the event.