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Outdoor street procession on a paved road lined with palm trees under a hazy sky. A decorated cart pulled by two white horses with red and multicoloured tassels and flower garlands leads the procession. Atop the cart stands a framed portrait of a figure in saffron robes, garlanded with marigolds, with a man in dark clothing seated at the front. Men in white dhotis and shirts walk alongside, and a drummer in a red cloth and bare chest plays a drum at left. Orange triangular pennants stretch across the background. A figure in a golden crown and red-and-gold face paint stands at the far left among the crowd. Several people are visible, roughly 20 in view.

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