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A press interview inside a stone-walled hall with sandstone-patterned walls and a white-framed arch. A bare-chested, shaved-headed seated figure in an orange-red dhoti with gold border sits on an orange cloth, wearing a beaded gold-toned head ornament and a pink bead necklace, with a bangle on his wrist. A reporter in a light blue checked shirt kneels and holds a microphone labelled RAJ News toward him. Several photographers with still cameras and a videographer with a camcorder crowd around, and a man in white kurta stands behind. A silver pot and plate of offerings sit on the cloth in front, beside a landline telephone.

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