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A seated man in a rust-orange turban and orange-brown robes sits cross-legged on a tiger-striped seat beside a golden Nandi bull statue, raising his right index finger while speaking into a headset microphone. He wears a long rudraksha mala, a leopard-print waist cloth, gold armbands and a jewelled hair ornament, and holds a tall golden trident on his right. Before him a large audience sits on the floor in saffron, red, yellow and white saris and kurtas. A screen and a white pedestal fan are visible. The man matches the appearance cues of the Swamiji candidate (long swept hair, turban, saffron clothing, rudraksha, ceremonial gold), so he is described as Swamiji (probable) giving a discourse.