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A photograph of a stage at an indoor event. On the left, a large cutout portrait of a bearded man with long hair, wearing an orange robe and rudraksha malas, is set on a red-and-gold throne-like seat; no candidate can be confirmed from appearance, so this is a printed depiction of an unidentified figure. Five women sit on a patterned rug in front of the stage: the woman on the far left wears a cream sari and holds a microphone; the next three wear orange-red saris with rudraksha malas; the two central women wear cream saris with beaded necklaces, one holding a microphone. A man with bare upper body and ash-smeared chest sits at the right of the group, wearing a white dhoti and mala, and a woman in a white sari stands at the right edge beside a brass railing. Behind them are gold lion carvings, red drapes and a wall air conditioner.