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A seated man with long dreadlocked hair and a small crescent ornament on his head sits on an ornate silver throne-chair outdoors at night. He wears a rust-orange dhoti-style garment, a bare-shouldered wrap with decorative bands on the arms, and multiple rudraksha malas with a gold necklace. He holds a coconut and is surrounded by brass and silver bowls of herbs and yellow powder, a stone mortar and pestle, a small lingam, a silver-framed chair and a microphone. Behind him are palms and foliage, and a silver deity figure stands to the right. Sitting on a patterned mat, he appears to be preparing an herbal medicine.

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