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A crowded street procession in daylight. A man with long, swept-back dark hair wears an orange saffron robe, a multi-strand bead necklace and a large garland of white and pink flowers, smiling as he is pressed on by devotees. Probable Swamiji by appearance: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, rudraksha-style beads and a ceremonial garland. Beside him an older man with white hair wears an orange shawl, and a bald man in white stands nearby. Many men in white shirts and dhotis surround them, some holding an orange-and-gold canopy pole above. A cameraman on the left films with a shoulder camera. A woman with a bun is in the foreground, and a flower-decorated headpiece is visible at the lower right.

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