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A photograph of a bearded man seated before an ornate silver-embossed backdrop with a red curtain at left. He wears a tall coil of matted hair wrapped with a rudraksha band, a red tilak mark on his forehead, rudraksha malas around his neck and arms, and an orange-red shawl over bare shoulders. His palms are pressed together in namaskar near his face. A carved silver figure of a mythical bird or makara is visible at left, and a leopard-print cushion sits at lower right. a person is shown here in a devotional, prayerful posture, with the tall matted hair, rudraksha malas and orange shawl as the qualifying cues. The image is a single person with no printed name visible within the frame.