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A man sits cross-legged on an ornately carved wooden throne-couch with leopard-print cushions against a dark backdrop. He wears a red-orange turban, a red-orange wrap and dhoti, multiple strands of rudraksha malas, a gold necklace and armbands. A tall silver staff with a carved serpent-like head stands to his left on a patterned rug. Appearance-based candidate for the a person, seated in a ceremonial posture on the peetha throne, with a red vibhuti or tilak mark on his forehead. Watermarked archive photo of a single person on stage; the frame shows no other people.