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A street procession in an Indian town, with several devotees in white dhotis with gold borders and maroon-brown sashes, wearing gold and beaded necklaces. A man in front holds a silver trishul aloft, and two ornate parasols with tasseled edges, one red-and-multicolour and one golden, are carried over the group. Some men are bare-chested with rudraksha-style malas and gold chains, one in a red turban. Men walk arm in arm across the road past shopfronts and a metal barrier, and a microphone is held out toward the group. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from appearance alone.

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