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A street procession on a tree-lined road in daylight. Behind a white Suzuki car with plate KA 17 N 5649, a decorated palanquin with a colourful umbrella and garlands is carried along. At the front left, a shaved-headed man in an orange robe walks beside the palanquin, with another figure in orange near it. Many people in white kurtas and dhotis walk in the procession, carrying long ceremonial staffs topped with golden finials and ornate multicoloured umbrellas. A woman in a cream sari with a yellow shawl and a light-haired woman in a cream sari and yellow shawl walk among them, each wearing round orange badges. A uniformed traffic officer in khaki and white directs traffic, and a red-and-white banner stands at the right edge beside a green truck. The overall scene is a devotional pada yatra.

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