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A street-side photograph beside a large gold-coloured wooden chariot (ratham) with carved floral and bird relief panels. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt holds a camera on a shoulder rig, filming. In the centre, a man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe and a white-and-red flower garland, standing barefoot before the chariot. Beside him, an older man in white clothes with hands folded in prayer, and two men in white dhotis with orange shawls stand nearby. Black water storage tanks and a tree stand behind them on a dirt road.

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