A photograph of a man seated cross-legged on an ornate gold throne with carved lion figures and a leopard-print cushion, speaking into a microphone on a stand. He wears a rust-orange robe, a long rudraksha mala with a large ceremonial necklace, a gold-patterned headband, and a red bindi and tilak on the forehead, with long dark hair swept back. His right arm is raised in a teaching gesture. A gold multi-hooded serpent-like canopy rises behind him against a deep red curtain, and a white ceremonial rope or staff stands at the left edge.

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