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Outdoor temple procession at a white gopuram-style temple tower with carved figures and a bell in its upper niche. In the foreground a figure with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron garment and a long gold-beaded garland with a pendant; he walks among others. Around him are men and a woman in white and green attire, a boy in white with a red-bordered dhoti and a bindi, and a man in white holding a trident-shaped staff. Ornate red and yellow-orange ceremonial umbrellas with bird emblems and embroidered flowers, and a white parasol with red and green tassels, are carried overhead, along with a tall silver staff. Palm fronds and a doorway with hanging decorations lead toward the temple entrance where a man in white and a woman in purple stand. Five or so people are clearly visible in the procession.

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