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A seated man in a large brown leather armchair speaks to a crowded hall, his right hand raised in an expressive gesture and a broad smile on his face. He wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over one shoulder, a red bindi, a long beaded rudraksha-style mala and a large ornate gold pendant. Behind him a gold-topped ceremonial staff stands upright. Seated devotees fill the foreground and background, many in white and orange clothing, and a woman in a red-bordered sari sits at right. Red banners and a white patterned wall fill the upper background. The bearer of the armchair appears to be a presiding teacher, with the appearance-based label a person given his distinctive saffron cloth, mala and gold pendant.