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A photograph of a man seated on an ornate gilded throne with lion-head armrests and a tiger-skin cloth draped over the seat, raising one hand in a blessing gesture. He wears a saffron-orange robe with a gold border, a multi-strand rudraksha mala and a heavy gold ceremonial necklace, gold bangles and a red bindi, with long swept-back hair. Below him, a bald man in a brown robe with a red shawl sits with his back to the camera, and two young men in white dhotis with white markings on their arms sit on the lower steps beside brass items. Hanging brass bells and lamps surround the throne.