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A festival procession on a decorated ratha-style cart with red wheels and a white-and-gold canopy. A man standing on the cart wears an orange robe, a yellow headband, and layered garlands of purple and white flowers and a rudraksha-like mala; he raises a silver sword in one hand. Another figure in orange stands on the lower cart beside a flower-decorated shrine. Crowds in white shirts and dhotis walk alongside, some wearing beaded malas. A multicoloured umbrella and a trident-shaped ornament are visible, and two printed banners behind show a portrait of a woman in orange and the words Nithyananda Youth Centre. a person cues: long hair, orange robes, garlands, and a rudraksha mala on the cart figure.

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