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Outdoor temple-procession scene in Varanasi. A smiling man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead sits on a silver-embossed seat, wearing an orange-saffron cloth, a rudraksha mala with large silver beads, a gold necklace, gold earrings and gold-beaded armbands. Beside him, a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala holds a silver trident. A woman in a white blouse and red shawl, her hair in a braid, stands with palms joined in namaste, facing him. Another orange-robed figure with a rudraksha mala stands behind, and a person in white is partly visible at the right edge. a person is the seated man, receiving devotees' greetings during the procession.

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