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A press meet is seated on golden thrones before a black banner with Tamil text reading பத்திரிக்கையாளர் சந்திப்பு (press meeting). On the right, a smiling man in a rust-brown robe wears a gold crown, a long white jasmine garland and a gold necklace, gesturing toward the armrest of a gold throne with a carved lion head. Beside him, an elderly man in a brown robe with a gold crown, white garland and rudraksha-style beads sits on a smaller gold throne. A silver staff rests at right and a framed picture of a saint in an orange turban appears at the far right edge.

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