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A smiling man with a long dark braided topknot and a white horizontal tilak on his forehead sits on an ornate silver-and-red velvet throne, wearing a rust-orange draped cloth with rudraksha beads and a gold chain necklace. Beside him stands a tall polished silver ritual lamp stand with a small flame cup and white flower garland. Behind, blurred seated devotees in white and orange clothes and a white-draped table with yellow and gold offerings fill a red-curtained hall. a person: the seated man has long swept-back hair in a topknot, rudraksha beads and a gold necklace, but the appearance is only partially distinctive, so identity is uncertain.