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Outdoor street scene in daylight under a blue sky, with a white car and a small temple dome behind. A bearded man in a red kurta and red trousers, with a long beard and a white mala necklace, walks at the centre. Beside him a man in a saffron-and-maroon dhoti with a heavy gold necklace and gold armbands walks forward. On the left, a sadhu in saffron robes with a sandalwood tilak and rudraksha mala stands, and another shaved-headed man in maroon and saffron cloth with beads is near. On the right, an elderly sadhu in orange with a white beard bends low toward the ground, touching the road. A cameraman with a large video camera films on the far right. A man in a maroon waistcoat and white kurta stands behind. The scene suggests a welcome procession in Haridwar.

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