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A seated man in a large brown leather armchair with carved wooden arms sits centrally in a dim hall, smiling with a small headset microphone at his cheek. He wears a rust-orange dhoti or wrap with a gold-bordered edge, several long rudraksha mala strands with brown beads, a green bead necklace and a gold pendant, and has long swept-back dark hair with a red bindi. He rests his hands in his lap. Behind him, out-of-focus audience members sit in the room. The appearance cues of the seated man are distinctive (long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas, ceremonial gold pendant and saffron-orange clothing), so he is a probable Swamiji candidate in person.