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A photograph of a crowded procession outside a white stone temple in Gangotri, with a deity murti carried on a palanquin-style litter decorated in orange, green and pink fabric and a white fan-like plume. A man with long, swept-back dark hair in an orange-saffron robe, distinctive long hair and orange cloth, stands at the centre pushing forward with his arms outstretched, a person by the page's claim; the figure's appearance is consistent with the description but is not conclusive. Around him devotees in orange caps, orange shawls, white kurta and red jackets press against a rope barrier, while spectators watch from a balcony above the whitewashed wall. Strings of flower garlands and bunting line the scene.

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