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Close photo of a smiling man with short swept-back dark hair, a white and red tilak on his forehead, and a dark beard, wearing a rust-orange wrap over a shoulder and a thick necklace of brown rudraksha beads. He looks sideways toward a blurred figure in white in the left foreground, whose hand and beaded mala are partly visible. Behind him, out of focus, are red and yellow hangings and seated devotees in white. The man wears no crown, turban or gold ornaments, so the appearance cues for a person are not distinctive enough to name him; he is described by role as a devotee in ritual dress.