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Photograph of a press briefing at a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam Thane Cyclone Relief Works event. A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing orange robes, a rudraksha mala and a long bead necklace, sits in a tiger-striped armchair on a low platform before a red draped backdrop. Above him hangs an orange banner with a portrait of a smiling bearded man in an orange turban, labelled Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Thane Cyclone Relief Works in Tamil and English. Several microphones with station logos are set on a table in front. Seated audience members in orange and white clothes sit on chairs at left, a small fan stands nearby, and a man with a shaved head in orange sits at the far left. Photographers and reporters appear in the foreground.