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A photograph of a procession on red-painted stone steps at an outdoor riverside or temple ghat in bright daylight. A man with long, swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a long orange-and-gold beaded garland, and walks down the steps barefoot in orange sandals. Behind him a man in white dhoti and white shirt holds a gold kalasha with red flowers on his head, with a yellow-bordered shawl over one shoulder and gold beaded necklaces. A red and white umbrella shades the group. Around them stand devotees in white dhotis, saffron and yellow shawls, and children in red, green and yellow clothes, several with colour powder on their faces and clothes. Swamiji (probable): the man in the centre fits the long hair, saffron clothing and beaded garland cues.

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