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A photograph of a ceremonial procession on a decorated elephant. A man in an orange-red cloth with a rudraksha mala and a long swept-back hair sits on a raised platform under a large ornate umbrella with multicoloured tassels and gold-embroidered canopy. Garlands of marigold, red and white flowers drape the elephant's head and body. Two attendants in orange robes stand beside him on the platform, one holding a rod supporting the umbrella. The sky is pale and bright. a person is seated at the centre, identified by his long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and orange clothing; the attendants are sannyasi attendants.

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