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A smiling man with long dreadlocked hair sits on an ornate silver-and-red throne, wearing a rust-red wrap, a rudraksha mala with clear beads, a gold necklace and a white-and-gold ceremonial garland at his chest, with a white tilak and red bindi on his forehead. He holds a tall silver staff topped with a finial in his right hand while his left arm rests along the armrest. A silver ceremonial palanquin-style seat stands at left, and a crowd of devotees in white and red clothing fills the hall behind him. A Yamaha keyboard sits at lower right. The visible appearance is a person seated in a position of honour; identity is based on appearance cues only.