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A seated elderly sannyasi in saffron-orange robes with a shawl draped over the shoulder gestures with raised hands while speaking before a cluster of press microphones. He wears a rudraksha mala headband and long rudraksha and gold necklaces, with a red kumkum mark on his forehead and gold bangles. Behind him are gold-embossed decorative panels and a gilded lion figure on the left. Microphones bear logos of Tamil news channels including Jaya TV, Sun News, Captain TV, Moon TV, Polimer, Vasanth TV and Tamilan Seithigal, indicating a press conference.

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May 12 20122012-05-12A seated elderly person with a shaved head, sandalwood and ash marks, a red bindi, and a red-beaded headband sits before a golden backdrop. They wear an orange-saffron shawl with gold border over an orange garment, a rudraksha mala and gold necklace, and gold bangles, holding a red object while speaking. Several microphones with TV station logos (GTV SPV, Jaya TV, Captain TV, Moon TV, Thamizhan, Sun TV, NTV) crowd the foreground, indicating a press interaction.2012-05-12May 12 20122012-05-12A seated shaved-headed man in orange robes sits before a gilded golden backdrop, facing a bank of news microphones. He wears a rudraksha mala headband, a long rudraksha and gold-bead necklace with a gold pendant, a gold bangle, and white sacred ash marks with a red bindi on his forehead, arms and chest. A bare-chested figure in orange dhoti and an orange shawl, with a rudraksha mala and gold necklace, is seated under golden decoration. Several Tamil and English-labelled TV news microphones crowd the foreground, showing channel logos including Vasanth, GTV SPV, Jaya TV, Captain TV, Polimer, Moon TV, Tamilan Seithigal and Sun News. Appearance-based label: a person, a seated figure with rudraksha malas, gold necklace and orange robes at a press event.2012-05-12May 12 20122012-05-12A seated man in orange ochre sannyasi cloth draped over the left shoulder, bare-chested, with white sacred ash on the forehead and arms and a red bindi. He wears a long multi-strand rudraksha mala and a large ornate gold pendant necklace, and a rudraksha band around his shaved head. He sits before a gilded golden backdrop and a golden lion-form throne. Several news microphones with station logos are held in front of him, indicating a press interaction. A partially visible person is at the right edge.2012-05-12A photograph of a bald, shaved-headed man seated on a red velvet throne against an ornate gold backdrop, wearing an orange-red shawl and dhoti, a rudraksha bead headband, multiple rudraksha mala necklaces and a gold pendant, with white vertical tilak marks and a red bindi. He gestures with his hands while speaking, with a cluster of news channel microphones in front of him, including Jaya TV, GTV SPV, Captain TV, Moon TV, Tamilan Seithigal, Sun News and NTV. Another person's hands are visible at the right edge.2012-05-12May 12 20122012-05-12May 12 20122012-05-12A seated man in orange ochre robes, bare-chested with a shawl draped over one shoulder, wears a rudraksha headband and multiple rudraksha and gold bead necklaces, with a gold pendant at his chest. He has white ash markings on his forehead and arms and a red bindi, and gold bangles and rings on his hands. He sits before a gold-coloured ornate throne and a golden lion-shaped carving, speaking while a row of microphones bearing TV news logos is pointed at him. Gold-foil decorated temple-style backdrop behind him.2012-05-12A photograph of a shaved-headed, thin elderly man seated on a golden throne before a press gathering. He wears a rudraksha headband, a red bindi and white ash markings, gold earrings, a long rudraksha mala with a gold ornament, and an orange-red shawl over orange garments; his torso is bare. Behind him gilded carvings of a lion-form throne are visible. In the foreground stacked microphones bear logos of several Tamil television channels, indicating a media interaction. Given the page's a person flag, his appearance with rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold but shaved head and no crown is only partially consistent with the page, so the identity is uncertain and he is described by role as a seated sannyasi addressing the press.2012-05-12May 10 20122012-05-10