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A festival procession moves across a dusty open ground at an ashram. Many people in white clothing, including men in white shirts and women in white saris, walk among tall orange-red flags on poles and several ornate multicoloured parasol-style canopies. Some participants wear orange and pink sarees and bright salwar kameez. Front banners in red read Nithyananda Youth Centre, bearing a printed portrait of a long-haired figure. Drummers and musicians are visible at the left. Buildings and palm trees stand in the background.

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