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Close photograph of a smiling man seated before an ornate gold-embossed backdrop and dark red velvet cushion. He wears a bright yellow turban with a red-and-gold border, a yellow draped robe edged in red braid, and a long multi-strand necklace of rudraksha-style beads with gold spacers and a gold pendant. A red bindi marks his forehead, and a small clip-on microphone is visible near his cheek. Appearance-based candidate: a person, seated as a speaker in the robed, adorned presentation described above.