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A seated man in a rust-red sannyasi-style wrap sits on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion beneath a gold parasol with tasselled fringe. He wears heavy gold necklaces, a white-and-red forehead mark and a red-and-white wrist cord, and smiles. Beside him to the left, a woman in a dark green sari with a rudraksha mala sits holding a red bag. In the foreground a priest in a yellow turban and bare chest, with white dhoti and a rudraksha bead, tends a fire pit burning with flames at a homa, with marigold garlands and bowls nearby. Colourful striped mats cover the floor and a brass plate sits near the throne. a person: the seated man's throne, saffron-red robe, gold garlands and parasol match the page's account of the Vishesha Deeksha homa.