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A crowded outdoor scene during a temple-style procession, with many devotees pressed together on a dirt path lined with greenery and a small building. Several men in white dhotis with yellow borders and bare upper bodies, some wearing gold chains and rudraksha malas, carry brass trays of offerings including coconuts, bananas, yellow flowers and fruit. Women in saris, some with orange shawls, stand with hands joined in anjali or hold trays of offerings. Men in orange-saffron robes and orange turbans stand among them, one holding a tall brass-coloured instrument. A uniformed police officer is visible in the background. A brass kalasha-style vessel and a flower garland with red and white blooms appear at the right edge. Several people in the group have shaved heads and white tilaka marks. A central figure with a shawl and orange cloth is distinguishable but no appearance-based identification is made. The scene conveys a ritual offering procession.

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