A well-dressed Hindu ascetic or holy man receiving gifts from a richly dressed woman. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore).

The man is bearded and wears a tall, brimless, patterned hat, with saffron cloak, red dhoti (?), sandals and several strands of beads; he carries a short curved stick (?) and a hookah (?); the woman wears dark clothes and yellow slippers, with a gold-embroidered shawl, gold nose-ring and earrings, and gold ornaments on her forehead and in her hair; she proffers beads and a gold prayer-rattle (?)