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A photograph of a ritual puja in a dark-walled shrine room with golden lion-figure seats. A man seated on a golden throne draped in a leopard-print cushion and tiger-striped cloth wears a gold crown, a white-and-pink flower garland and a red-orange robe; his bare chest and swept-back hair are visible. Three bare-chested or light-clad men and a woman in a green-and-pink sari sit at a golden table holding brass plates of offerings, a bell and a lamp, with pink and white flowers and small silver bowls in front. Brass bells and oil lamps hang from the ceiling and a video camera on a tripod stands near the wall. Four people are visible, with the seated figure on the throne appearing to be the a person candidate.