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A street procession in a crowded market lane carries a decorated palanquin bearing a metal deity murti with a crown, flanked by two consort figures and garlanded with pink, white, and green flower strands. Several men in orange saffron robes and orange caps, one in a red sweater with a rudraksha mala, lift and steady the palanquin poles on their shoulders while smiling. Bystanders in a dark jacket, a maroon jacket, white kurtas and plaid shirts line the lane beneath blue corrugated roofing and shopfronts, and a man on the right holds a white chowri fan. Other figures in the crowd wear saffron and orange clothing, and a shaved-headed devotee stands near the right edge.

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