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Photograph of a crowd gathered on red-brick tiered steps at an outdoor festival, watching a procession. Many people stand along metal railings and sit on the steps, mostly in everyday clothes such as shirts, jeans and salwar kameez, with women in saris and some in saffron or orange garments. A woman in an orange sari sits near the centre, and a man in a white shirt and light trousers sits in the lower row. In the foreground at lower left, a bamboo-framed structure and a decorated parasol with a colourful canopy stand near the steps. A large orange banner at top centre shows portraits of a saffron-robed religious figure and a deity, with Kannada text. Behind the crowd stand green trees, a white railing and parked vehicles. The people count is large, with many visible spectators on the steps and railings.

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