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Photograph of a seated man on an ornate gold throne with a large gold cobra hood backrest against red drapery. He wears a maroon-red robe with a gold border, a long rudraksha mala, a gold necklace, and a red-orange tilak on his forehead with white markings. He sits cross-legged on a tiger-skin cover, hands raised palms outward in an animated gesture, smiling while speaking into a microphone on a stand. A small brass kalasha stands on a side table and a gold ritual lamp is in the foreground. Appearance-based candidate, a person, seated in a teaching posture with ceremonial throne and rudraksha mala.