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A man seated on an ornate silver throne with a red cushion holds a silver ceremonial staff in his raised right hand and smiles. He wears a large garland of red and white flowers, gold necklaces, a rust-brown robe, beaded red bangles on both arms, and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him stand several people in white and bare-chested ritual dress, with a carved silver stand in the foreground and a camera on a tripod at right. a person: the seated man wears the saffron-brown robe, ceremonial gold necklaces, and flower garland associated with his role; the appearance cues are distinctive but the image alone cannot confirm this.