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A dense outdoor procession on a mountain road at Gangotri, with a palanquin-like ratha carrying a deity murti under a multicoloured canopy. Many devotees in orange shawls and orange caps press forward, raising their hands and clapping. A woman in white with a rudraksha mala smiles at the centre, and a grey-haired man in white kurta with a mala stands among the crowd. A small stall with a sign and rocky hillside, parked vans and pine trees frame the scene. No individual is clearly identified as a person in this crowd.

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