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A stage at an ashram-style event with a red curtain on the left and a painted backdrop of columns and carved panels. A man in a dark blazer, grey trousers and white shirt with a tie stands at left, smiling and clapping while holding a dark folder with a round emblem. On the right, a life-size figure sits on an ornate white silver throne with a leopard-skin cushion, wearing an orange-red turban, saffron-orange cloth and a rudraksha mala, hands together in a greeting. Beside it stands a painted deity murti with a crown, trident and gold ornaments, and a trident stands upright in front of the throne. The seated figure is a statue or depiction, not a physical person, so a person is depiction-only with no in-person candidate present.