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Wide view of a large hall during a seated convention session with a crowd of several hundred people sitting on red carpet in rows, mostly men in white shirts and white dhotis. On a raised red stage at left, a person with long dark hair in an orange-saffron robe stands at a lectern with a microphone, a person candidate by appearance cues of long swept-back hair and saffron clothing, though the figure is small and distant. Potted palms line the stage edge, a laptop and audio equipment sit in the foreground, and a circular colourful graphic hangs on a backdrop behind the speaker. Ceiling fans and fluorescent lights hang overhead, and a cameraman with a tripod is visible at right.