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A man seated on an ornate gold-and-maroon throne with eyes closed, palms pressed together in namaskar. He wears a maroon turban with a jeweled brooch, a dark tilak on his forehead, and a yellow and red marigold garland over bare shoulders, with rudraksha malas on his wrists and arms. A gold-carved backrest and maroon cushion frame him against a dark background, and an orange cloth rests beside him. Appearance-based label: a person, seated in person as the discourse speaker; the photo is a seated devotional portrait, not a ritual scene.