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Close-up photograph of a smiling man dressed as the deity Venkateshwara, wearing an ornate tall golden crown set with white, red and multicoloured jewels and a red stone at the centre. He has a white U-shaped Vaishnavite tilak on his forehead and a white mark on his chin. Heavy gold necklaces, pearl strands, a jewelled shoulder and arm ornaments, and a gold-and-pearl chest piece cover his bare upper torso. Large white-and-red jewelled discs hang at his ears and shoulders. Behind him are a black backdrop and floral garlands in pink, yellow and white at the top corners.