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A dusty dirt road lined with open-air market stalls under a hazy sky, with utility poles and yellow and red tarpaulin awnings. Vendors stand behind piles of white sacks, stacked plastic-wrapped packets, and blue and black travel bags, while shoppers and passers-by in white kurtas and warm jackets walk along the road. A seated elderly man in an orange garment sits at the lower left, and a three-wheeled auto-rickshaw is visible at the left edge. Strings of colourful garlands or threads hang from a stall at left. The scene appears to be a busy temporary bazaar.

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