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A procession on a dirt road outdoors under bright daylight. At the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi and tripundra marks, and a white-and-pink flower garland stands with palms pressed together in anjali, smiling. He wears an orange robe and a heavy gold necklace and rudraksha-style beads. Flanking him, two men in orange robes hold tall gold staffs topped with a trident and a ceremonial finial. Behind them, devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls and women in white saris walk in the crowd, with orange flags on poles visible overhead. A blue sign on a fence reads photography and video coverage prohibited. Probable Swamiji (probable) in the centre, as the figure with long hair, saffron robes, gold necklace and rudraksha cues.

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