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A smiling man with long dark hair sits cross-legged on an ornate gold-and-maroon stage platform. He wears an orange saffron robe and a long multi-strand gold necklace with beads, and a small red bindi on his forehead. He sits with hands resting on his knees behind a standing microphone, with a pair of wooden sticks laid across the platform in front of him. Red velvet-covered cushions flank him, and a hanging backdrop of pale blue fabric decorated with strings of beads fills the background. Cable wiring is visible at the lower right edge. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, saffron robe and ornate gold necklace match the appearance cues, presented as the seated speaker on the stage.