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A photograph of two seated men on ornate gold-and-maroon thrones in front of a blue-painted wooden door decorated with a peacock and floral panels. The man on the right, bare-chested with a white sacred-ash band on his forehead, wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder, a long rudraksha mala and a large gold pendant necklace, and gold bangles; he speaks into a microphone. The man on the left wears an orange dhoti and shawl, a gold necklace, rudraksha armbands and a dark headband, with arms folded. a person is the speaker on the right, identified by saffron dress, rudraksha mala, gold ornaments and the discourse setting; the figure on the left is a seated attendant or disciple. A watermarked copyright caption appears at lower right.