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A photograph of a roadside procession on a highway lined with palm trees. In the foreground, several men in white dhotis and kurtas walk away from the camera; one wears a pale green headwrap and holds an orange flag, another wears an orange cap and a tan shirt, and two others in white wear orange caps. A gilded, ornately carved palanquin or ratha with red and gold draping and tassels carries deity murti figures inside, and a truck passes on the right. A yellow road sign with a running figure is visible on the left. The image carries a date stamp of 12.04.2008.

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