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Outdoor festival procession at an ashram-style event with a decorated float or palanquin draped in orange, blue and yellow fabric and garlanded with yellow marigolds. Many devotees in saffron-orange and white dhotis or kurtas, with orange shawls, crowd around the float, several with white and orange sacred markings. A woman in the lower left wears a white sari and a rudraksha-style bead necklace. Behind them, a large banner reads a Brahmotsavam event title, with portrait photos of several people.

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