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A smiling man with long dark hair, a thick beard and moustache, a red bindi on his forehead, sits before an ornate gold throne with carved gilded backrest. He wears a rust-orange cloth over bare shoulders, a gold pendant necklace and a rudraksha mala, and a long garland of green leaves hangs around his neck. In the foreground, a shaven-headed man in a white shirt bends forward in front of him. A gold-and-copper kalasha stands at left against red and yellow draped fabric. Probable Swamiji cues: swept-back long hair, ornate gold throne, saffron-orange garment, rudraksha mala and gold necklace, seated in the honoured position.