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A man seated on an ornate silver palanquin or ratha beneath a red canopy with tasselled netting and colourful balloons in pink, yellow, white, orange and green. He wears an orange saffron dhoti-style robe with gold border, a white turban with gold embellishment, red-and-white jasmine and marigold garlands, and a long gold ceremonial mace or staff held upright in his right hand. Warm evening light, trees in the background. Appearance-based candidate is not confidently established, so no identification is made.

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