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A seated man wearing a saffron-orange garment with a gold-bordered shawl draped over his shoulder and bare arm. He wears a long necklace of gold beads with a gold pendant depicting a deity figure, a rudraksha bead on a white beaded thread, and a rudraksha bracelet on the upper arm. He has a red bindi and white sacred ash marks on his forehead and hands clasped in his lap. Behind him is an ornate gold repoussé backdrop with floral scrollwork, and a red cushion is visible. a person: the cues of saffron-orange dress, rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold necklace match the appearance-based candidate seated in the presence of an ornate throne-like setting.