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Seated on a gilded throne with a deep red velvet cushion, a man wearing a bright yellow turban, a red shawl draped over his bare shoulder and a green and gold silk dhoti reads a small folded paper or card. Behind him stand a large golden bull (Nandi) statue and a garland of yellow and red flowers. To the left, a smiling woman in a blue and white sari with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace watches, and a young girl stands partly visible. A man in white kurta with a lanyard stands before the throne, facing the seated figure with his hands together in front of him. Appearance-based candidate: Swamiji (probable), seated on the throne in the yellow turban and bare-shouldered dhoti with red shawl and gold armlet; the seated man is a candidate by appearance and is the ceremonial focus.

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