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A procession of saffron- and maroon-robed men descends stone steps beside a brick wall. In the centre, a bearded man with long hair, a vertical tilak and a long rudraksha mala over a maroon cloth walks barefoot along a mat, waving his right hand. Behind him a young attendant in an orange cloth with a jewelled necklace holds a green-and-gold kalasha-like offering. On the right, a man in a white dhoti with gold borders and layered rudraksha malas walks beside them. Several turbaned attendants in orange follow, one carrying a long wooden staff.

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