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A smiling man with eyes closed sits on an ornate gold throne-like seat in front of a gold repoussé backdrop. He wears a rust-red sleeveless robe with a gold-bordered dhoti, a red and white flower garland, layered gold necklaces and a rudraksha-style mala. He has long dark hair in a topknot, a white vibhuti band and a red kumkum dot, and he holds a silver trident in his raised right hand. A small plastic water bottle and an orange cloth sit to his left, and a bare-skinned attendant is partly visible at the right edge. Appearance-based candidate: a person, seated in a ceremonial role with a trident and garland.