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A procession inside a hall decorated with orange pennants and a multicoloured canopy. Central figure in an orange robe with a white and magenta flower garland and gold necklace walks barefoot, hands joined, carrying nothing. Beside him a man in orange with a long beard and gold chains, a woman in orange with a white yak-hair chamara fan, and a man holding a silver kalasha pot. Behind them men in white dhotis and orange-robed attendants move forward; a boy in grey jacket folds his hands at right. Wall posters and a framed image line the background, and a brass ritual staff is visible. Several people appear in white and orange clothing. The figure in the orange robe with the garland is visibly in the central position but his identity cannot be confirmed from appearance.

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