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A seated man in a saffron-orange robe and a gold-bead rudraksha-style mala necklace sits on an ornate gold throne with carved lion-head arms, draped with a tiger-striped cloth. He raises one hand in blessing and smiles. Two diyas oil lamps burn at the lower edge, and several women in the foreground hold lit lamps toward him. Gold bells hang from the top corners, and a pink and green painted pillar stands at right. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, a red bindi, ornate gold-bead mala and saffron clothing mark the seated figure as the Nithyananda Paramashivam candidate, seated in darshan on the throne.