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A smiling man with long dark hair and a full beard sits on an ornate silver throne with a red velvet seat, carved with a face and swan-shaped armrests. He wears a saffron-orange shawl draped over bare shoulders, and holds a wooden staff with a knobbed top in one hand. A small microphone is at his mouth. Behind him a large audience sits in a hall with white drapes, including a woman in a pink patterned sari and people in red and white. A screen above shows a woman's face. The man is an appearance-based candidate for Swamiji (probable), seated on the throne in an orange shawl, long swept-back hair and a staff.