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A seated man in a rust-red monastic wrap and a leopard-print turban with a white crescent ornament and long dark hair spilling out at the back speaks into a microphone on an ornate silver-embossed chair against a red stage backdrop. He wears layered rudraksha malas, a gold pendant necklace, rudraksha bracelets on his upper arms and wrists, and a white-and-red forehead mark. In the foreground a small brass deity figurine and a silver-handled ritual implement rest beside a metal bowl. Given the crescent turban, rudraksha malas, red-orange clothing and long hair, this is a Swamiji (probable) in person, seated on a throne during a discourse.