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A framed painted portrait titled in Tamil 'மதுரை ஆதீனம்' (Madurai Aadheenam) shows a seated guru figure on a red cushioned mat before an ornate golden throne-backed arch with a crown finial. He wears saffron-orange robes, a rudraksha mala with a long grey-blue bead garland, a red bindu on the forehead, white horizontal markings on the arms, and a large maroon bolster beside him. Before him sit a conch-shaped shell on a pedestal, a white crystal-like shrine box and a silver-patterned kalasha-style pot. Green foliage and tiled floor form the background. The caption below reads in Tamil, naming a 25th guruji sannidhanam and Sri Sri Sundara Desika Paramacharya Swamigal.

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