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A smiling man with long dark hair and a short beard sits on an ornate silver and gold throne draped with an orange tiger-striped cloth. He wears a rust-red garment, a pink and white flower garland, gold armband and bangles, and a white mark on his forehead. Behind him stand a bejewelled deity murti with a yellow garment and a jewelled wall of ornaments, plus yellow marigold garlands and a red-brown instrument. The setting is a festive temple-style decoration. a person: long swept-back hair, a flower garland and ceremonial jewellery seated on a throne, consistent with the page's account of an initiation program.