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Outdoor procession at a riverside event under a bright orange umbrella. A man with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala, wearing an orange robe with a dark tilak on his forehead, walks with a microphone and camera equipment in front of him. Beside him an elderly man in white kurta and dhoti wears an orange-and-gold shawl with hands folded. A bald man in a saffron-orange robe and a rudraksha mala walks at left. Several uniformed armed security personnel in camouflage fatigues and maroon berets flank the group with rifles. Behind them crowds stand under striped tents and a decorated golden palanquin with coloured tassels is visible at the upper right. Swamiji (probable): the long-haired man in orange with rudraksha mala and tilak.

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