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Outdoor procession under a tin-roofed shelter at an ashram. A man in saffron-orange robes, long hair swept back and a sandalwood tilak on his forehead, wears a thick white floral garland and a long gold-bead necklace, and holds a brass oil lamp with a visible flame in his right hand. Behind him, men in white dhotis and shirts and a man in a black shirt carry a long red carrying pole with a garland-draped palanquin or murti on it. Many devotees in white crowd the background, and a white building with a painted sign stands behind them. Based on his saffron robes, long swept-back hair, gold-bead necklace and the lamp he carries, the figure in orange is a probable Swamiji, carrying out the arati during the procession.

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