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Close-up photograph of a smiling man with swept-back shoulder-length dark hair, white horizontal sacred ash stripes across the forehead with a round red kumkum dot, wearing a maroon-red shawl with a gold-and-green border and a long rudraksha mala of brown beads. Behind him is a red cushioned backdrop with gold ornamental carving, and a gold trident-shaped finial is visible at lower right. Appearance-based label: a person, seated in a ceremonial setting, shown in a relaxed portrait.