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A smiling person wearing a red-orange turban with a silver serpent-shaped ornament sits on an ornate silver throne decorated with a carved lion face and floral scrollwork. Garlands of white jasmine flowers and gold-coloured beaded necklaces with a red-orange cloth wrap cover the shoulders. A red bindi and white markings are on the forehead, and gold earrings hang from the ears. A silver ceremonial staff stands at the right edge, with blurred greenery behind. The image is a photograph with an archive copyright caption printed at the lower right.