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A smiling man with a shaved head and a red bindi sits cross-legged on an ornate gold throne with carved lion heads on either side, against a red patterned backdrop. He wears a saffron-orange robe with a gold-bordered wrap and a long rudraksha mala around his neck, and holds a silver trident upright in his right hand. The throne rests on a tiger-striped cushion. a person: the candidate wears orange ritual robes, rudraksha mala and the trident on a throne, though he has a shaved head, which weakens the appearance-based cues.