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A dusty dirt road during a procession, with many men in white shirts and white dhotis walking and dancing. Several devotees hold orange saffron flags on tall poles, and red banners are visible along a wire-topped fence. Drummers in yellow caps play large drums at right. Children in blue shirts, pink shirts and red shorts run and dance barefoot in front. A man in a grey shirt and dark trousers stands with his back to the camera, and a bearded man in a light blue shirt gestures on the right. The scene reads as a pada yatra walking procession.

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