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A joyful outdoor procession crowd in Bengaluru, with several men in white dhotis and white shirts raising their hands and singing or cheering. A man in the centre wears a rudraksha mala, a gold-bordered white dhoti and a gold sash over his bare chest. A man on the right has a gold chain and a large rudraksha-type mala, and others wear vibhuti on their foreheads. Behind them red and orange decorated parasols with silver edging and pink streamers fill the frame. No person is clearly identifiable as a person; the figures are devotees in procession dress.

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