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A man sits cross-legged on an ornate gold throne with a red velvet seat and a gold canopy umbrella with leaf-shaped finials. He wears a white dhoti and white shawl draped over one shoulder, with a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, and smiles while resting one hand on his knee. Two tall brass oil lamps with lit flames stand beside the throne, and a microphone is positioned in front of him. Behind him is a large painted backdrop of a temple scene with stone pillars, a figure in a blue skirt and garland, and a deity murti in a shrine niche. The seated man has short dark hair and a red bindi, with no crown, saffron robe or long swept-back hair visible, so the identity is uncertain and the role is a speaker seated on a throne.