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A dense street procession moves through a crowded market road lined with stalls and tall signboards. Many white-clad men and women in orange and saffron garments walk in front of a line of ceremonial umbrellas in yellow, red, deep blue and maroon with beaded fringes. Red flags on poles rise above the crowd, and uniformed police officers in khaki stand along the route behind yellow barricades. Spectators press against the barriers, some holding up phones. A tall painted banner of a standing figure hangs above the street. The scene reads as a festival or temple procession on a city road.

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