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Outdoor procession under a large yellow and red fringed canopy held on a long pole. At centre, a smiling man with long dark swept-back hair wears a rust-red robe, a thick beaded ceremonial gold-and-amber necklace and a rudraksha mala, with a cloth draped over one shoulder; he holds the canopy pole. Around him walk several men in saffron and orange robes with orange and red turbans, many wearing rudraksha malas and beaded armbands. To the right, an elderly bare-chested man with white hair and beard, wearing a white dhoti and gold ornaments and a rudraksha mala, walks with his hands clasped at chest height. A man in a saffron robe stands at far right, and a white-clad man stands at left. A red-walled building forms the backdrop.

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