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A photograph of a seated man on an ornate silver throne with carved floral and scrolled silver panels and a carved lion-like figure at the right edge. He wears a rust-red saffron-toned robe, a leopard-print cloth on the throne, long heavy gold beaded necklaces, a gold waist ornament, a rudraksha mala, earrings, a gold-coloured Om pendant, and a white tilak on his forehead. A bare-chested devotee in white dhoti and white chest markings is being anointed or marked at the shoulder by a priest in orange, whose arm bearing white ash stripes is in the foreground. Another attendant in an orange garment with white sandal stripes stands at the left. The scene suggests a ceremonial blessing in a temple-like setting.