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A photograph of a large convention hall stage with a seated figure in an ornate gold-and-white throne-style chair, wearing an orange saffron robe, an orange turban, and multiple rudraksha malas, gesturing with one hand while speaking into a microphone on a stand. Swamiji (probable) is seated centrally, a sannyasi in saffron with a turban and rudraksha malas. Pink-and-silver draped backdrop behind the stage displays a banner reading Nithyananda Spurana Program and Hyderabad, with a portrait labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Potted tropical plants with orange flowers and yellow marigold garlands flank the stage edges. A video camera on a tripod sits at right. Rows of seated audience members, mostly in light-coloured shirts, fill the foreground facing the stage, with a hall ceiling of woven bamboo-like panels above.