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A smiling man sits on an ornate golden throne with a gold sunburst backdrop and a leopard-print seat cushion, the backrest decorated with yellow and pink flower garlands. He wears a leopard-print turban with a red tilak, a multi-coloured garland of red, yellow, green and white flowers, gold necklaces and a reddish-brown dhoti, and holds a white staff topped with a serpent-like curved head in his right hand. Gold lion-shaped carvings flank the throne. The pictured person is an appearance-based probable Swamiji candidate, identified by long dark hair, ornate gold jewellery and a ceremonial throne setting, seated in a ritual pose.