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A large seated audience fills a hall during a satsang-style session. Standing before a gilded throne with a brown leather seat and carved golden lion arms is a man in a red-orange turban, wearing a red and gold robe, a long gold-beaded necklace and a red bracelet, holding a tall gold trident staff with his right hand. Most people in the crowd wear white clothes, some with orange or red shawls, and a bald person in the foreground is bare-shouldered. A framed portrait on the wall reads Paramartha Puja at Madurai Aadheenam. Overall, the scene shows a crowded devotional gathering with a ceremonial throne at the front. Swamiji (probable): the standing figure wears a red turban, saffron-red robe and long gold-beaded necklace while holding a trident, with the throne and stage placing him as the focus of the gathering.