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Outdoor procession on a dirt and paved path lined with hedges and a hillside of trees. A man in a multicoloured ceremonial parasol, wearing white dhoti and shirt, holds a tall umbrella. Centre, a smiling man with long swept-back black hair wears an orange-saffron robe, a white and green flower garland, a gold pendant necklace and a rudraksha mala, with green tassels attached. Behind him, crowds in white dhotis and shirts walk, and a devotee in orange kneels at lower right, touching the path. A red and white bordered plinth stands nearby. a person candidate in saffron with garland and rudraksha; identity uncertain from appearance alone.

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