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A photograph of a procession in an outdoor courtyard lined with palm trees. In the centre, a man in a dark red-maroon robe wears a tall black ceremonial headdress with a gold ornament, a long red flower garland, a rudraksha mala and a shawl, and holds his hands together in prayer. Around him, several men in saffron-orange robes with sacred marks on their foreheads carry ornate umbrellas with embroidered red, yellow and blue canopies and tassels, and one holds a white garland. Behind them a figure in white dhoti and a sacred thread walks among others, and a tall red-and-gold pillar with white flower garlands stands in the background. a person (a person) appears in the centre, wearing the tall headdress, red garland and maroon robe, with cues including ornate clothing and rudraksha beads, identified as the central figure leading the procession.