The unsmiling, uniformed ranks in hats, bayonets and jungle speak of war, while peace exudes from the cheering, formless crowd with green headbands and bouquets amid a cityscape.

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The sari, by contrast, is formless and fluid.

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Sceptics were always trying to show how it was done, saying that the Ash was a pellet crushed between His fingers, or that the gold and silver ellipsoidal lingams (the Form of the Formless) that He coughed up at certain festivals were in fact hidden in His handkerchief.

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