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A photograph of a seated man with long dreadlocked black hair, a saffron-orange shawl over bare shoulders, a red vibhuti mark on his forehead and a red wrist thread, holding a handheld microphone and speaking. He sits in a red-upholstered chair on a gold-draped dais, with a tall silver trident beside him. Around him, seated devotees in white clothes and orange shawls listen, and a woman in the foreground wears an orange headscarf. Maroon drapes hang behind the stage and a video camera on a tripod is visible. The man is an appearance-based a person candidate, identified by long swept hair, saffron shawl and ritual cues; his role is speaker at a discourse session.