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A man seated on an ornate gold throne in front of gold draped curtains, eyes closed, both palms raised open beside his face in a blessing gesture. He wears a tall black turban-like headwrap, a white vertical tilak on his forehead, a bare chest, a brown-gold shawl across the shoulders, bangles on the wrists, and a large coral and gold bead necklace with a gold pendant. Gold ornamental panels flank him, including a sun disc and a crescent moon on pointed shields, and gilded deity figures stand at the edges. Appearance-based label: a person, seated in a blessing posture, with the long swept-back headwrap, ornate gold garments and ceremonial coral necklace as cues. Watermarked archive photo caption reads Nithyananda Paramashivam.