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A smiling man in saffron and orange ceremonial dress sits on an ornate carved brown leather throne-style chair, holding an orange mug. He wears a long rudraksha mala with gold beads around his neck, a sacred marking on his forehead, and a bare-chested drape over one shoulder. Behind him stand people in white and red-bordered clothing, and seated devotees in the foreground, in a wooden-panelled hall. a person Times photo credit appears on the right, and a red banner with white text is partly visible at the top left.