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A photograph of a smiling man seated cross-legged on an ornate gilded throne with a tall gold crown-like backrest and gold finials on either side, against a pink-and-lavender sky backdrop. He wears a bare chest adorned with multiple strands of rudraksha-style beaded malas, a large ceremonial gold necklace with a central medallion, gold bangles and armbands, and a leopard-print cloth around his waist over rust-orange dhoti-style drapes trimmed with gold. A white and black tilak mark runs across his forehead with a central red dot, and he raises one hand in a mudra while the other rests open at his side. Appearance-based label: a person, seated in person on the throne in a ceremonial role.