Stained and torn mount. Indoor, solo portrait, full-length shot of a hindu saint wearing saffron veshti, rosarie made of dried seed of an Indian native tree (rudratcha malai), with vaishnavite symbol (naamam) on the forehead and all over the body, sitting on a carved wooden seat. There are small stools kept in front of them, with pot and palm leaf manuscript on it. The man is holding a bunch of sacred sticks. Sri ahopilamadam, Sri Ranganadha Sadagopa Yadeendra Mahade Sithar, 1915 is printed on the image.