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Photograph inside a pillared temple hall with an arched doorway behind. A man seated cross-legged in front, wearing an orange saffron cloth, a long beaded necklace and a long dark hairstyle, speaks into several microphones held by a reporter; a camera operator films him. Beside him a gold-framed ornate panel stands. Around him stand devotees and priests: a shaven-headed man in orange cloth with a gold necklace, men in white shirts and white dhotis wearing rudraksha malas, a woman in a white sari with red border, and orange-clad men with rudraksha malas. The seated figure has distinctive long hair, saffron robes and a multi-strand necklace, a person candidate in the centre of the press interview.