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A photograph of a festival procession on an ornate decorated chariot or palanquin under a large orange and gold canopy with colourful tassels in magenta, green and purple. A man with long swept-back dark hair, a crown-like headdress, a heavy gold necklace over a red and white garland, a rudraksha mala and orange silk garment sits smiling and holds a ceremonial sword. Beside him an older bald man with a white-painted face and orange robes and beads holds the other end of the sword. Golden ornaments and draped fabric fill the foreground. The man with long hair, ornate gold jewellery and orange silk has distinctive presentation cues matching the Swamiji (probable) appearance description, while the bald man in orange robes is a priest or sannyasi.