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Photograph of a temple courtyard procession at a South Indian temple, with a pink gopuram-style wall and stone pillars behind. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, a saffron/orange robe and a long garland of white flowers walks forward, smiling. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, saffron robes and a garland are present, and the figure is walking in a procession. To his left a bearded man wears a white dhoti-style kurta with an orange shawl and a pink garland; beside him an older woman in a purple sari walks. Behind them an older man in an orange robe, a man in white, and other devotees and women in saris follow. A woman in a red sari sits to the right holding a flower garland, and a uniformed police officer stands in the background. A coloured kolam rangoli design is visible on the ground at left, and a framed poster hangs on the wall.

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