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A dense outdoor crowd surrounds a vehicle decorated with white and orange flower garlands. In the centre, an older bald man with a white beard wears a saffron-orange robe and reaches toward the vehicle's side. Beside him, a shaved-headed devotee in an orange robe bows with hands raised near his face. Other men in white shirts and glasses press in, one holding a folded paper, and a man in a gold-banded wrist wears a white shirt. Above, colourful umbrellas and a police officer in khaki are visible. Garlands of yellow and white flowers hang across the foreground. The pictured person's identity cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.

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