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A photograph of a decorated ceremonial palanquin procession at night. A smiling figure seated on a throne-like seat wears a gold crown, long dark hair, an orange-saffron robe and a pink-and-white flower garland; he holds a silver ceremonial axe-staff with a bell. Behind him, a silver trident rises beside a tall pole. Garlands of orange, yellow and white marigolds and flowers, a red canopy with blue fringes, and hanging tassels in pink, purple and yellow decorate the carriage. Two men at right in orange robes with white forehead bands and beaded malas stand beside him, and a bare-chested man with a white forehead band wears a mala at the right edge. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure has long hair, a gold crown and saffron robes with garlands, which fits the page's account of the Kumbha Mela procession.

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