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A photograph of a crowded outdoor temple-courtyard procession. In the foreground a bare-chested sannyasi with shaved head, bindi and a rudraksha crown, wearing layered rudraksha and bone-skull malas, a gold ornament and a gold bangle, raises his arms over his head beside a saffron-robed attendant wearing rudraksha malas and a white cloth with a gold border. A second man in white dhoti with rudraksha mala stands behind them, and a woman in white at the right edge wears rudraksha beads. Onlookers in white shirts and dhotis fill the background near a pale yellow wall, and a long wooden staff is visible at the top left. Many onlookers are visible, with partial figures near the edges.

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