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A seated man in saffron-and-red robes with a gold-bordered shawl raises both hands above his head in a blessing gesture. He wears a rudraksha mala, a large ceremonial gold pendant, and a red bindi, and sits on an ornate gold-trimmed throne with carved lion-face armrests. A microphone stands before him. Behind him are gilded deity murtis and decorative gold lamps in a temple-style setting. The figure has distinctive saffron robes, rudraksha malas and gold ornaments, consistent with the appearance-based label a person for the presiding figure. The image is a photograph from a Kumbh Yatra event context.

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