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A man stands on a raised platform before a large golden-faced relief of a multi-armed deity, shown as a deity murti carved in the wall behind him. He wears a black turban-style headwrap with a white forehead mark, a maroon garment with a leopard-print cloth wrapped at the waist, and heavy gold necklaces with a pendant. Rudraksha bracelets are on his wrists and arms. He holds a silver trident with a twisted white staff, and a tiger-striped cloth covers the platform edge. The scene is lit warmly against the carved backdrop. Whether this man is the a person depicted in the page's context is uncertain, and the appearance cues alone do not establish it.

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