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Outdoor procession at dawn with low sunlight flaring through palms. A central figure in saffron-orange robes wears a long white garland with a rudraksha-style pendant and walks on bare feet across a sandy courtyard. Swamiji (probable) is the procession's central figure, identified by the saffron robes, long dark hair and garland. Around him, men in white dhotis and shirts and men in black shirts carry ceremonial silver staffs, and colourful red, orange and yellow canopied umbrellas with tassels are held overhead. A white-clad man in the foreground holds a small plant offering. A white cloth banner is carried at right, and a decorative kolam is drawn on the ground. Behind them, a large fringed red-and-white canopy hangs over the procession, with palm trees and a small white building in the background.

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