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A seated man in a gold-and-silver crown with a fan-shaped gold headpiece, a tilak on his forehead, and a red-saffron robe sits on an ornate silver throne with a leopard-print armrest. He wears heavy gold ornaments, layered gold bead necklaces, a gold pendant and gold armlets, and holds a silver staff in one hand while raising the other in a blessing gesture. Writing on the lower right reads Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam and , . Swamiji (probable): long hair, ornate gold crown, saffron-red robes, rudraksha-style gold beads and ceremonial gold necklaces