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Night procession outdoors on a wet paved path beneath a fringed canopy hung with multicoloured tassels in red, yellow, blue, green and white, carried on a long pole. A bare-chested man with long dark hair, a rudraksha mala and a large ornate gold pendant walks at the centre wearing a rust-brown dhoti and a shawl, with a long striped runner underfoot. Around him, young men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls walk with palms pressed together in namaste, several wearing rudraksha malas, and one carries a decorated silver offering tray with green leaves. A white sedan is parked behind, and at right a golden throne with a red cushion holds a framed portrait garlanded with flowers. Probable Swamiji is the central figure in the brown robe with the gold pendant and long hair, appearing to lead the procession.

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