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A press scrum inside a plain room with wood-panelled lower walls. In the centre, a man with long hair swept back, a red bindi, a beaded headband and layered rudraksha and bead malas, wearing saffron-orange robes, speaks toward a cluster of microphones and recorders. Beside him, an older bald man with white ash markings and beaded necklaces sits in orange cloth. Behind them, three saffron-robed men in orange wraps stand with rudraksha and bead malas; one has a large gold pendant. Reporters and cameramen hold microphones bearing channel logos at the lower right and left. The central figure's appearance matches the appearance-based cues of a person, so the label is used.