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Outdoor procession on a sandy dirt path lined with coconut palms, with a thatched hut and a Kannada-language information board mounted on a white structure behind. Several men in white dhotis and shirts play long wind instruments (nadaswaram-style pipes) and drums at the front, one wearing a yellow-white garment with orange border. Behind them a group walks in orange and saffron robes, including a figure in saffron wearing a garland of orange-red flowers. A multicoloured ceremonial umbrella and orange-and-gold decorative banners are carried in the procession. Other attendants in white clothing walk alongside and a white van is visible among the trees.

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