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A man seated in a brown leather armchair with carved dark wood trim holds a live cobra by the body in his raised right hand. He wears a large black turban, a saffron-orange robe and a long rudraksha-style beaded mala draped over his shoulders, with a small red bindi on his forehead and a clip-on microphone. He speaks to a seated audience in a hall with wooden slatted walls. Around him, devotees in orange and red garments sit on the floor; one woman in the foreground leans back with closed eyes, and a plastic water bottle rests near the chair.