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A seated man in saffron-orange robes with a draped orange shawl and a long rudraksha mala with gold ornaments receives a folded paper from a younger man in a white shirt who kneels close by with cupped hands. The seated man has long swept-back dark hair and a painted forehead mark, and sits before a deep maroon velvet drape. A shaved-headed priest in orange robes with a gold necklace sits to the right, watching. Ordinary white ritual setting, appearance-based candidate for the seated figure is distinctive through long hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha beads.