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A seated man in a white turban and white dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl sits on an orange throne-style chair with his palms pressed together in namaskar and eyes closed, before a microphone stand. Long dark hair falls past his shoulders and he wears gold beaded necklaces. Behind him a large yellow-orange banner carries Tamil and Tamil-script lettering, and pink roses stand in brass vases on either side of the dais. a person: the long hair, gold necklaces and orange throne support the candidate label, though the face is partly obscured by the raised hands and the turban.