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Close-up photograph of a smiling man with long dark hair parted at the centre, wearing a saffron-orange garment and a pink-and-white checked shawl over the shoulders. He has a white vertical mark on his forehead and a red bindi-style tilak between the brows. Behind him, a golden ornate throne-like frame and a garland of yellow flowers frame the shot, with a silver ceremonial object at the right edge. Appearance cues (long swept hair, saffron clothing, ornate golden throne setting) match the a person candidate, presented here as a devotee seated in a ceremonial setting.