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A photograph of a shaved-headed, thin elderly man seated on a golden throne before a press gathering. He wears a rudraksha headband, a red bindi and white ash markings, gold earrings, a long rudraksha mala with a gold ornament, and an orange-red shawl over orange garments; his torso is bare. Behind him gilded carvings of a lion-form throne are visible. In the foreground stacked microphones bear logos of several Tamil television channels, indicating a media interaction. Given the page's a person flag, his appearance with rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold but shaved head and no crown is only partially consistent with the page, so the identity is uncertain and he is described by role as a seated sannyasi addressing the press.