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A smiling man sits on a red velvet throne with a rounded back patterned in dark red and black stripes. He wears a saffron-orange shawl draped over his body and bare shoulders, with long gold bead necklaces and a pair of round gold-and-white medallion pendants on his chest. Gold armlets sit on both upper arms and a small gold hoop earring is visible. A white sandalwood or vibhuti band marks his forehead with a red kumkum dot at the centre. Behind him a carved stone temple pillar is visible on the right. The composition resembles a satsang or discourse setting. Appearance-based cues of saffron clothing, gold malas and ceremonial adornments on the seated person suggest a person, but the identification is uncertain.