A photograph of a man seated on an ornate gold throne with carved lion-head armrests, centred in a hall before a red backdrop. He wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over his body, a belt, a long white-and-gold flower garland around his neck, bangles on his wrists, and a vertical tilak mark on his forehead; his hands rest together in his lap and his eyes are closed. Two people in lower corners sit on the stage floor: one in a white shirt and one in a red top with long dark hair. A woman in a green-and-gold sari sits at the right edge near a brass offering dish. Flowers sit on the dais, and tall gold-ornamented pillars with flower arrangements flank the throne. A large banner behind shows a smiling man in an orange turban with a red dot on his forehead, next to Tamil text.

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