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A smiling man with long dark hair and a beard sits on an ornate silver and red throne in a hall with red drapes. He wears rust-red robes with a gold-bordered dhoti, an orange shawl over one shoulder, a leopard-print waist sash, and many layered rudraksha malas with a gold necklace. He holds a silver staff topped with a lion head, has a white forehead band with a red dot, and wears rudraksha bracelets. Appearance-based candidate: a person, seated on the throne in the ritual role of a guru. Striped mats cover the floor and a partly visible person sits in the background.