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Outdoor procession at a Dasara celebration at Sripuram Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam in Hyderabad. A large white and gold image of a multi-armed goddess, riding a lion, is carried on a decorated float; a banner at the top right reads Special Feature. In front, a bald man in an orange robe and orange dhoti carries a wooden tray or plate, flanked by men in white dhotis and yellow shawls, and others in white with colour powder on their clothes. A smiling young man in an orange robe and orange shawl wears a marigold garland. Colourful festive fabric and a striped canopy frame the scene, with a Sri Lalitha temple sign visible behind. Festival colour powder marks the crowd and the float.

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