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A photograph of a courtyard procession under a white and yellow canopy with banana leaves and garlands. In the foreground a man with grey hair and glasses, wearing a white shirt, white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala, walks with his right hand on his chest. Beside him a man in white shirt and dhoti gestures similarly, and another man carries a black bag. Several people in white and in saffron robes follow, including a woman in a red-brown sari and a saffron-robed woman at right, both with hands folded. Behind, a red-carpeted stage holds a camera operator and two people in white dhotis. Incense smoke drifts across the scene.

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