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Close-up photograph of a smiling man seated before an ornate gold-carved throne. He wears a tall black turban decorated with a jeweled gold ornament at the front, a white horizontal tilak across the forehead with a red bindi, and a small lapel microphone clipped near his face. Around his neck and shoulders are layered rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold-ornamented beads with gold coins. Behind him are a deep maroon curtain and gilded carvings. This appears to be a person, seated in a sanctified setting, shown in a close portrait with his elaborate ceremonial dress.