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A man seated cross-legged on an ornate gold-carved throne with a deep red velvet seat and back, speaking into a microphone on a stand with both hands raised in an explanatory gesture. He wears saffron-orange robes with a gold-bordered shawl draped over the shoulder, a multi-strand gold bead necklace with a large gold pendant, and a red bindi and tilak on the forehead. Behind him stand gold-framed backdrops with a brass oil lamp (kuthuvilakku) on the left and a gold-framed deity murti on a red altar on the right. Purple flower offerings are visible on a tray at the lower right of the throne.