A smiling man seated before an elaborate gold repoussé backdrop with floral and scroll motifs. He wears a leopard-print cloth wrapped as a turban, a vertical red kumkum mark and white tilak on his forehead, and a dark red-brown garment. Layered garlands of yellow and red flowers with green leaves hang over his shoulders, and he wears heavy gold ornaments including a large temple-style pendant and beaded gold necklaces, plus gold armlets with beaded bracelets. A microphone stand is visible at the right edge. Appearance-based candidate for a person: long dark hair coiled under a leopard-print turban, ornate gold jewellery and garlands on a golden throne.

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