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A framed painted poster titled in Tamil with the heading Madurai Aadheenam. It depicts a seated saint on a red-and-gold cushioned dais against a blue wall: a figure with a gold-leaf headdress, white tripundra and red bindi on the forehead, hoop earrings, black rudraksha malas and a white-and-gold beaded necklace, wearing an orange shawl and dhoti. He sits cross-legged with his hands on his lap beside silver ritual objects including a kalasha-style pot, a stepped pedestal, a cup and a bowl, and red bolster pillows. Beneath the picture is a Tamil caption naming a guru lineage: Jnanasambandar Desika Paramacharya Swamigal. The poster is a painting, so it contains no physical people.

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