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Street procession on a crowded city road lined with shops and signboards. A deity murti in a teal-blue silk cloth and gold prabhavali is decorated with white jasmine and red flower garlands and carried on a green wooden wheeled cart. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti and rudraksha mala holds a wicker basket of white flowers and green leaves in front of the cart. A younger boy in an orange dhoti and orange-gold turban with rudraksha strands stands at left. Devotees in white and saffron clothing watch from a balcony above, and a man in dark shirt stands beside the cart. Flower baskets rest at the bottom of the frame and a timestamp reads 31/05/2025 18:40.

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