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A seated man in a blue shawl with a silver-edged border smiles slightly in front of an ornate gold repoussé throne backdrop. He wears a long rudraksha mala with dark beads that reaches his chest, a white horizontal tilak across the forehead with a red bindi at the centre, and his dark hair is swept back to shoulder length. A microphone stands beside him and a white notepad rests in his lap. His bare upper right shoulder is visible. a person: the long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold throne fit the candidate, though the appearance is only moderately distinctive.