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A bare-chested man with long dark hair, closed eyes and a broad smile stands against a dark brown background. He wears a white horizontal forehead band with a dark bindi, ornate gold and pearl jewellery with deity motifs on the chest, a dense belt and armlets of rudraksha beads, gold bells strung across the chest and waist, and a tiger-striped lower cloth. Hanging from the belt is a bead-wrapped object. White paint marks his shoulders and arms. Appearance-based label: a person, shown in a performance-style ceremonial costume with rudraksha and gold adornments.

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