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A photograph of a man seated before a microphone on a stand against a deep red smoky backdrop. He has long dark hair swept back, a white-and-red forehead marking with a central mark, gold earring, and wears a maroon-red shawl over his shoulder with a dense rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold-and-silver beaded necklace with a pendant, plus a gold-and-red armband. An ornate silver throne with carved scrollwork is at left. Appearance-based candidate: a person, seated as a discourse speaker. The image has a copyright text overlay at lower right.