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A dense outdoor procession of devotees in white dhotis and shawls with red-and-white borders, many with red-orange dupattas, moving through a crowd. Red flags on tall poles flank the scene, and orange and red umbrellas and a rounded canopy stand above. Centre left, a large golden deity murti holding a staff and a dark-red-turbaned figure garlanded with marigolds walks among them. Several onlookers in saffron robes and police in khaki and hi-vis vests line the route, and a man in a white kurta with a yellow-and-red shawl is in front right. Photographers and a video camera operator are visible at the left edge.

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