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A man seated cross-legged on a zebra-striped cushioned chair, wearing a red-orange sannyasi wrap over one shoulder and a heavy gold necklace of ornate beads, holds a black microphone in one hand and gestures with the other while smiling. a person is seated at the centre, with a small red bindi on his forehead and long dark hair swept back. Behind him stands a man in a white shirt holding a second microphone, and two attendants hold tall umbrella poles. Flanking the seat are silver ceremonial trident staffs and a gold-disc ornament. A decorated umbrella in orange, green and blue with tasselled edges shades the scene, and a table draped in pink-floral cloth holds a vase of red and yellow flowers and a digital clock showing 12:08. Around them a large outdoor crowd of devotees, many women in saris and some children, looks on under a pale sky.