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A crowded temple courtyard with a blue-walled entrance and orange-painted columns, under a corrugated roof. In the centre, a bare-chested, bearded sadhu with matted hair and a wrapped orange-brown cloth walks forward. Beside him, a man in saffron robes wears a marigold garland and holds a rudraksha mala, with a smaller saffron-clad attendant behind. A uniformed police officer in khaki walks ahead of the group. Devotees in white shirts and dhotis, and cameramen filming, surround the procession, and a garlanded offering tray is carried above the crowd. The swami in the saffron robes is a person by appearance, with saffron clothing, ornate garland and mala, but he is not clearly identifiable, so his status is unsure.

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