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A photograph of a man seated cross-legged on a raised golden stage with eyes closed and palms pressed together in namaskar around a black microphone. He has long dark hair swept back, a rudraksha-style bead crown on his head, white horizontal tilak lines and a red dot on his forehead, bare upper arms with white bands, and a leopard-print shawl over bare shoulders. Layered rudraksha malas and a gold ornamental necklace hang on his chest, with a saffron-orange dhoti. Behind him are gold and golden-yellow draped cloths and a painted blue backdrop with a green patch. A black pot sits at left on the stage edge. Appearance cues are distinctive (long hair, crown, rudraksha malas, ornate shawl), so this is an appearance-based probable candidate for a person.

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