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A photograph of a procession float topped by a large rounded form covered in garlands of marigolds and other flowers in yellow, orange, red, white and purple. A man seated at the top, wearing an orange-saffron robe and a gold necklace with a dark bead mala, with a vertical tilak on his forehead, smiles and sits beneath a tall gold-shafted parasol with a striped canopy of multicoloured tassels in red, green, blue, yellow, white and orange. Behind him a second person in orange clothing holds the parasol shaft, and a third person in orange with a braided head ornament stands at the railing on the right. The white metal railings and a raised platform frame the figures against a pale sky. a person: the seated man wears a gold necklace, rudraksha mala and saffron robe, and sits on the elevated float as the one being honoured. Visible cues are ceremonial adornment and saffron clothing, with the figure's role as the person seated under the parasol.

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