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A smiling man stands on a stage in front of an ornate gold throne with carved gold lion-head armrests in the foreground and a red velvet cushion. He wears a rust-orange (kavi) dhoti and an upper cloth, with a leopard-print shawl draped over his waist, a white vertical forehead mark with a red bindi, and a long rudraksha mala. He presses his palms together in greeting, namaste. A painted deity mural with a raised hand is behind him at left. a person: the man is shaved-headed-free and shows a rudraksha mala and a leopard-print shawl over saffron-coloured robes; these cues are present but the face-independent appearance is uncertain, so the label is given as probable only on the rudraksha and saffron cues.