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A festival procession on a wooden palanquin draws a deity murti, a metal figure of a warrior god on a golden peacock vahana, heavily garlanded with red, yellow and green flower chains. A large yellow and gold umbrella with a fan-shaped finial shelters the figure, and a teal cloth hangs behind it. In the lower left, a man in an orange-red dhoti and wrap stands beside the palanquin, wearing a patterned conical crown, a beaded necklace and a bangle, and holding its frame. Palm trees and a bright sky fill the background. He is not clearly identifiable as a specific person, so no a person candidate is asserted.

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