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A photograph of a seated man in an orange saffron garment with a gold-toned shawl, layered rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and orange armbands, sitting on a red cushioned dais. He holds a small card in one hand while placing the other hand on the forehead of a seated young man in a striped grey shirt and grey trousers, wearing a visitor-style badge, who sits in a wheelchair. Behind them a standing man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a beaded mala waits, and a red box of small packets sits on the dais at left. A green painted tree backdrop and a patterned tiger-print cloth frame the scene in a plain room. a person: the saffron-robed man with long swept-back hair and layered beaded necklaces is the appearance-based candidate, shown giving a blessing.