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A photograph of a bare-chested man seated on a red throne with a large gilded scale-patterned backrest behind him. He wears a maroon-red cloth draped over his shoulders, long gold chains of ceremonial beads around his neck, and a dark tilak mark on his forehead. His long dark hair is swept back, and he presses his palms together in anjali mudra in a greeting. The background is a dim, smoky blue-grey with a pink light at the top left. a person: the swept-back hair, ornate gold chains and maroon cloth are the visible cues for the candidate, seated in the honoured position on the throne.