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Photograph of a bearded man with long dark hair seated on an ornate silver throne with a red velvet cushion and carved lion-like armrests, holding a slender wooden staff and wearing an orange-saffron shawl over a rust-orange garment and a small headset microphone. a person is seated centrally, a long-haired figure in saffron cloth with a headset mic, presiding as speaker. Around him a large audience of many women in saffron, orange and red saris, and men, fills the hall; a red-and-white screen is behind him and a silver ceremonial standard stands at left. Background audience members are seated in rows.