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A man seated on an ornate gold throne with carved scrollwork and a red cushion, wearing an orange saffron shawl over his body and a red bindi with white markings on his forehead. He raises both open palms forward in a teaching gesture, as if speaking to an audience. Blue draped curtains form the backdrop. The heads of a few listeners are visible at the bottom edge of the frame, and a red cushion sits in the lower left. a person: the seated teacher has short dark hair and a saffron robe, a distinctive presentation cue, though the face alone is not used for identification.