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A procession outdoors in daylight with a white bus behind. In the foreground, a bearded man with long dark hair and a white garland of flowers waves his right hand and smiles. He wears a rust-orange wrap, a rudraksha-style brown seed garland, white forehead band and a red tilak mark, and a gold necklace. Behind him, several men in matching rust-orange robes with white and red forehead marks walk in the procession, one holding a tall golden staff upright. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable) for the waving man in the front, as he shows distinctive long hair, a flower garland, orange robes, rudraksha seeds and a gold necklace.

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