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Outdoor festival procession at a Brahmotsava flag-hoisting. A central figure with long swept-back dark hair and a tilak wears an orange saffron robe, heavy gold necklaces and a gold chain pendant, holding a small silver-toned bowl with a yellow flower, with coconuts on a tray below. Beside him a shaved-headed devotee in orange robe and gold garland holds a wooden pole with red and white tassels above. Around them a young man in white kurta with yellow shawl and rudraksha mala stands next to a woman in white with folded hands, and a crowd of men in white dhotis and women in saffron and white press in behind, many with palms pressed together in greeting. a person: the central long-haired figure in saffron with gold ornaments and tilak fits the page description, but the identification is based only on appearance cues.

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