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A nighttime procession on a tree-lined path, with a white truck and lit lanterns at left. A seated figure in a pink-red turban, rudraksha mala and gold-toned garland is carried on a wooden platform by bearers in white dhotis with gold borders. Other men in white and orange, and a woman in a white sari with red border, walk beside. A multicoloured umbrella canopy shelters the group, and an illuminated gopuram tower glows in the background. A bearer holds a bundle of flowers. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure in pink turban with rudraksha mala and gold garland is the presented figure, carried in procession.

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