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A smiling man with a full dark beard sits cross-legged on a raised seat, wearing a rust-orange turban with a jewelled ornament at the front, a rust-orange cloth draped over his bare shoulders and torso, a leopard-print waistband, and long gold necklaces with rudraksha beads. He holds his hands together in his lap and gold armlets with beads sit above his elbows. A gold trident and a small gold spear-tip ornament are attached to his cloth, a tall gold staff stands at right, and a golden hand from a statue appears at left. Behind him a blurred audience of seated devotees in white clothing fills the hall. Appearance-based candidate: a person, seated in person with ceremonial saffron-orange clothing, rudraksha malas and gold necklaces.