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A smiling man sits cross-legged on a leopard-print cloth in front of large colourful deity murti, including a turquoise figure and a lion form. He wears a rust-brown dhoti-style garment with gold-coloured border, many rudraksha malas across his chest and arms, and a red-and-yellow tilak on his forehead. He is garlanded with thick white jasmine and multicoloured flower garlands with red apples, and holds a silver staff topped with a lion-head finial. Gold bells and tassels lie at his feet. a person: long dark hair and rudraksha malas with garlands mark a ceremonial presentation; the photo's caption identifies him, but the appearance cues are not decisive enough to confirm.