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A procession float or palanquin on a street under a clear blue sky. Two large ornate umbrellas with multicoloured fringed tassels in red, orange, yellow and green shade the float. Seated near the centre, a figure with a shaved head and orange robe sits beside a person in a saffron turban and saffron cloth with a white garland, wearing a rudraksha mala, as devotees in orange and white clothes crowd around. A trident-like staff stands at the right. Rose petals and marigold garlands decorate the white-draped platform, and a small temple-style shrine with pillars stands behind. a person: the saffron turban and garland-wearing figure centre-right, with ornate saffron clothing and rudraksha mala, seated at the front of the float.

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