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A man stands barefoot on a red patterned rug outdoors in front of large banyan tree roots, with hands pressed together in anjali mudra and eyes lifted upward. He wears a rust-brown dhoti-style garment with broad gold borders wrapped around the torso, bare-shouldered with gold armlets and bangles. A thick orange-red rudraksha mala with gold beads and a gold pendant hangs at his chest. A small red bindi marks his forehead. A raised paved platform and folded patterned mats sit behind him. Appearance-based candidate present: a person, identified by the rudraksha mala, saffron-orange ceremonial clothing and gold ornaments, though the face alone is not used for identification.