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A photograph of a festival procession on a decorated wooden ratha carrying a deity murti heavily adorned with garlands of yellow and white flowers and red blooms. Several men stand on the platform: a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a white shawl, a man in a teal-green cloth tending the deity, and a bare-chested man in a dark-coloured garment near the front. Others in white shirts and dark trousers stand at the sides of the cart, and a uniformed police officer is visible behind. In the foreground a woman in a red blouse and yellow sari holds a brass tray of red and white flowers, and a man with a rudraksha-style mala and bare chest stands below. A brass vessel and flower petals rest on the cart and the ground. Green-painted posts and red-and-white decorated panels frame the vehicle, with trees behind.

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