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A photograph of a procession on a rocky hillside path with granite boulders on both sides. A central figure in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban wears a long garland of yellow and pink flowers and a rudraksha mala, walking beneath a decorated canopy umbrella with red, blue and yellow panels and tassels. Attendants in orange robes walk alongside, one holding the figure's arm, while men in white and grey shirts crowd the path. Ceremonial banners with decorative borders are visible behind. Swamiji (probable) is the central figure in the saffron robes, turban and rudraksha mala. Roughly a dozen people are visible.

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