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Night-time outdoor crowd scene at a festival ground lit by warm lamps, with a row of small triangular flags on tall poles behind. In the centre-left, a man in a rust-red turban and matching rust-red robe with a white jasmine garland smiles while greeting people; he has a bold saffron-brown shawl over one shoulder and a dark bead necklace. Beside him a man in a pink shirt holds hands together in greeting, and a man in a white shirt and dark-rimmed glasses stands in front. On the right, a large decorated figure with a gold-and-jewel crown, red robe and painted face stands among the crowd, and several young men in yellow and cream shirts stand close by. Swamiji (probable): the turbaned man in rust-red with the jasmine garland and shawl, cued by the turban, ornate red clothing and garland. The scene reads as a procession or public welcome.

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