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A joyful street procession in which a smiling man with long swept-back dark hair and a bare upper body wrapped in saffron orange cloth is garlanded with thick red, pink and yellow flower garlands and holds an orange ceremonial fan with a blue emblem. He stands near a golden staff topped with a bird finial. Around him a dense crowd of devotees in white clothes and rudraksha malas raises their hands and waves, some wearing yellow shawls. A white bus with blue lettering stands behind them, and a uniformed officer is visible at the top left. a person cues: long swept-back hair, saffron cloth and ornate garlands, shown during a procession.

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