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A festive outdoor procession at an ashram entrance under a canopy strung with yellow marigold garlands and green mango leaves. In the foreground a man in saffron-orange kurta and matching turban stands with arms raised. Behind him women in bright yellow, red, blue and orange embroidered chaniya-style skirts and cholis hold brass plates and decorated trays, one carrying a kalasha with a coconut. A small boy in an orange kurta and purple dhoti plays a flute. Several men wear saffron and orange turbans and a woman in red with a white cake-like tray stands near the centre. A sign reads Nithyananda Galleria on the wall, with a framed portrait beside it. Many people, mostly women and men in festive dress, fill the steps and gathering area.

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