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A smiling man stands on a gold-and-red raised dais before an ornate gilded throne backed by dark red drapery and gilded lion-shaped armrests. He wears a rust-red and gold-bordered dhoti with a matching shawl, a white-and-orange flower garland, and a long rudraksha mala, with a white and red tilak on his forehead. Both hands are raised, palms outward, in a gesture of blessing or greeting. A candidate for a person is shown by saffron-red ceremonial robes, a flower garland and rudraksha beads, though the face is not used to decide identity. A small green plant appears in the lower left corner.