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Night photograph of a procession walking barefoot along a paved path beside a long wall striped in cream and reddish-brown, with a street lamp and palm trees behind. Several men in traditional dress lead the group: the central figures wear saffron and orange cloths and carry tall staffs, one with a trident-topped rod, and wear rudraksha malas and ochre garments. A man at the right in white dhoti with a yellow-and-purple shawl holds his hands joined in greeting. Others in white and orange cloths follow, and a few people stand further back near the wall.

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