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A photograph of a seated man in saffron-orange robes and a long-sleeved saffron shawl on a gold-trimmed throne draped with a tiger-skin cloth, smiling and gesturing with his right hand. Around his neck hang a long rudraksha-style mala and gold beads, and a white and red tilak marks his forehead. Beside him stands a deity murti decorated with a tall saffron-and-gold crown, pearl necklaces and pink satin drapery, all framed by a gold arch and long garlands of red, yellow, purple and green flowers. The role of the seated man is a presiding teacher on a throne, with a person appearance by his saffron robes, ornate mala and necklaces; the deity murti is a garlanded image, not a person.