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A street procession in an Indian town with a crowd of saffron-clad sadhus and devotees walking along a road lined with shops and old buildings. In the foreground a bald man in a maroon-and-gold-bordered saffron cloth with a rudraksha mala and gold chain clasps hands with a man in white dhoti and gold-bordered shawl wearing a rudraksha garland. Behind them a man in a red-and-gold turban and gold ceremonial necklace walks with saffron-robed followers, and colourful umbrellas and red flags rise above the group. A printed banner on the left reads Sri Nithyananda, with phone numbers shown on a shop sign. Several people wear ornate gold necklaces and rudraksha malas.

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