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Street procession photographed outdoors in an Indian town, with a golden palanquin-style deity canopy decorated with red flowers and white jasmine garlands. A bare-chested priest in a green-and-gold dhoti stands on the platform adjusting a green cloth over the golden structure, while another man in an orange-red shirt steadies it from behind. Around the base, men in light blue shirts and a boy in an orange garment watch, with a green wooden carrying pole and a green cart with Tamil lettering below. Shops, a blue tarpaulin and a 'Cambridge' signboard line the street, and a timestamp reads 01/06/2025 18:28.

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