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A photograph of a nighttime procession in a temple street lined with stone walls and lamps. Two central figures wear orange saffron robes and pink flower garlands; the figure on the left has long dark hair swept back, bare shoulders with rudraksha bracelets, and white ash marks on the arms, while the older figure in the centre has a shaved head with a rudraksha band, a red bindi, white tripundra marks, a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands at left and another behind the centre figure, with devotees and a man in white dhoti with gold border behind them. a person is the long-haired figure in the left foreground, identified by his dark swept-back hair, bare-shouldered saffron wrap and rudraksha adornments; the centre figure is a sannyasi or priest. Several women in saris watch from the background.

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