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A street procession in an Indian town at dusk. A wooden palanquin-style ratha with carved pillars and a red-curtained canopy holds a deity murti decorated with garlands, is pulled on thick wooden poles by men in white vests and orange dhotis. A shirtless young man in an orange head-cloth and orange dhoti, wearing a rudraksha-style cord, reaches toward the cart beside a basket of white and yellow flowers with red blooms. Red and gold banners with painted elephant and bird motifs hang from the ratha. Balconies above are crowded with onlookers and shopfronts line the street.

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