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A seated figure on a gold-and-brown ornate throne with carved lion-head armrests holds several slender bamboo-like sticks or flutes, smiling, wearing a long marigold garland and a dark patterned shawl over bare shoulders, with a red bindi and a rudraksha-style bead necklace. A man beside him in a white dhoti with a red-and-gold border, orange-beaded lanyard and rudraksha mala watches, sporting a white forehead marking and glasses. Behind them a seated audience in orange shawls and lanyards fills a wood-panelled hall. Photo of a lecture-hall style event. a person face-not-used; appearance cues: long swept-back black hair, marigold garland, ornate throne.