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Outdoor evening procession at an ashram ground. A priest in white dhoti and shawl stands on an orange-draped wooden cart, holding a silver cup toward a deity murti decorated with garlands of red, white and yellow flowers beneath a multicoloured fringed canopy. A golden elephant figure sits at the base of the cart, with coconut, a brass dish and offerings on the orange cloth. Devotees in white and saffron clothes and a woman in a yellow sari stand nearby with hands folded in prayer, and parked white and red cars and low buildings are visible behind.

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