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A street procession in an Indian city at dusk. In the foreground a young man in an orange turban and orange dhoti, bare-chested with a long brown braid, looks sideways beside a green wooden cart. Behind him a bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands near a palanquin-style deity murti draped in teal cloth and heavy garlands of white jasmine and red flowers, with a gold prabhavali behind it. Another bare-chested man in a purple and white dhoti pulls the cart from behind. Shopfronts, signboards and a balcony with onlookers line the street, and a flower-filled basket sits at the bottom edge. Timestamp reads 31/05/2025 18:40.

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