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A silver-grey Tata sedan with Karnataka plate KA 42 M 2715 drives slowly along a dirt road between two lines of people who stand on either side to greet it. On the left, men in white shirts and off-white dhotis and a boy in a yellow shirt stand with hands folded or at their sides; several carry small white and blue cloth bundles. On the right, women in white and pastel saris and a man in a long white kurta stand together, some holding handbags and shopping bags. Trees and low hills fill the background under a pale sky.

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