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A photograph of a single person standing on a white marble stage beside a clear acrylic lectern, speaking into a headset microphone. The person wears an ochre and rust-orange wrap with gold-yellow borders draped over the shoulders and a long rust-and-gold dhoti, with a long rudraksha-style mala around the neck, gold armlets and bangles, gold hoop earrings, and a red bindi on the forehead. Behind is a painted stage backdrop with pastel blue, pink and green columns, and two tall brass oil lamps stand on the left. A dark maroon velvet curtain hangs on the right. Appearance-based candidate present: a person, given the saffron-orange wrap, mala and speaking at a lectern.