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Several barefoot men walk down a stone temple corridor lined with carved pillars and hung with orange marigold garlands and red-and-white bunting. In the centre, a man with long swept-back hair wears a saffron-orange turban and saffron robe with a rudraksha mala, and is flanked by attendants. Beside him, a figure in a white head covering and saffron robe wears a large rudraksha mala and walks with hands folded. Behind them, attendants in saffron and white dhotis walk, and on the right a uniformed police officer in khaki salutes. A decorated umbrella hangs above the walkway and cameras are visible at the top left. The scene reads as a temple procession or ceremonial walk through a sacred complex.

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