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Night procession with a central figure seated on a red-draped palanquin under a floral arch of white and pink garlands hung with golden bells and blue and yellow tassels. The seated figure wears an orange-red turban, a red garland, gold necklaces and saffron-orange robes, and is attended by women in orange saris. Ceremonial attendants carry a red and gold ornate fan bearing a sun-like deity face, and a man in white dhoti with white and orange body markings walks alongside. Bald men in white sit in the foreground and a brass pot sits on the palanquin. Crowd members stand behind. Swamiji (probable) appears as the seated palanquin figure, adorned in saffron robes, red turban, gold necklaces and red garland.

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