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A photograph of a procession on a dirt path shaded by trees. At the centre, a figure in an orange robe and a long garland of white and orange flowers walks forward, with a yellow-green garland around the lower body. Around him, monks in orange and saffron robes walk behind, and men in white shirts and white dhotis flank the path. A woman in a rust-red sari carries a brass tray with a pot and green leaves, and another woman in a red sari follows at right. A man in the foreground wears a cream shirt and white dhoti with a tilak, and a building with orange walls shows behind the trees. Caption text overlaid at bottom right reads 2020 Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam

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