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Outdoor procession on a decorated palanquin-style ratha beneath a large red and blue fringed canopy. A smiling figure with long dark hair, a gold crown, a red-orange robe, a rudraksha-style red and white garland, and a vertical white and red forehead mark raises one hand in greeting while holding a tall silver staff. Marigold, yellow gladiolus and white flower garlands decorate the chariot, with a brass pot and a green fern piece below. Beside the platform a bare-chested man with a shaved head and gold necklaces in a maroon dhoti-style garment smiles, and another man in orange and white stands nearby. Probable Swamiji (crown, swept hair, saffron and orange clothing, rudraksha-style mala and ornate gold-trimmed headwear), seated on the chariot as the procession leader. Several more people stand in the background.

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