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A smiling man sits cross-legged on a red velvet throne with gilded scrollwork behind him, a microphone on a stand before him. He wears a rust-orange turban with a yellow plume and a crescent ornament, a bare-chested orange-red wrap with gold-beaded armbands, and a heavy gold multi-strand necklace with a large gold pendant. Long dark hair falls over his shoulders. Beside him stand a silver pitcher and a small metal vessel on a silver stand, and a silver ritual staff is visible at left. This is a photograph of a discourse setting; the appearance-based cues of turban, long hair, ornate gold jewellery and saffron-toned clothing match the page's Swamiji reference, so he is labelled a probable Swamiji seated in a throne role.