A man seated cross-legged on an ornately carved wooden throne-style chair on a stage, gesturing with his raised right hand and speaking into a microphone on a boom stand. He wears saffron-orange robes, a leopard-print garment at the waist, a long multi-strand rudraksha mala with brown beads, a green bead necklace, a gold pendant, rudraksha armlets and gold bangles, and has a sacred ash/sandalwood mark on his forehead with a red dot and a large voluminous dark hairstyle. Behind him hangs a gold-toned curtain with a large dark carved figure of a dancing deity inside an arch. To the left stands a tall silver trident (trishul) beside a ceramic pot with drip glaze, a water bottle and a red thermos on a side table. Stage setting and seating are visible; no other people appear.

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