A smiling man with long, swept-back black hair sits in front of an ornate gold throne with repoussé scrollwork. He wears a loose saffron-orange garment draped over his shoulders and has white horizontal tilak lines and a red bindi on his forehead. Another person's hand rests on his shoulder from the right, wearing white. Behind him is a green backdrop with pink decorative lettering. - Nithyanandapedia

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A smiling man with long, swept-back black hair sits in front of an ornate gold throne with repoussé scrollwork. He wears a loose saffron-orange garment draped over his shoulders and has white horizontal tilak lines and a red bindi on his forehead. Another person's hand rests on his shoulder from the right, wearing white. Behind him is a green backdrop with pink decorative lettering.

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