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Outdoor procession of devotees in a sandy courtyard before an orange-brick building with a green roof. Colourful ornate parasols with bird and floral motifs are carried overhead. Men in white dhotis with yellow shawls carry brass pots and trident-topped staffs. A bare-chested man with long dark hair wears an orange-red cloth and a rudraksha mala. Nearby, a white-clad man with a grey beard and rudraksha mala walks beside a shaved-headed man in a yellow shawl. A drummer in the lower left plays a barrel drum. Banana plants and a white van stand in the background. Dozens of people fill the scene.

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