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A street procession in India with a red banner along the top reading Dhyanapeetam beneath a row of decorative pennants, elephant and bird motifs. Pedestrians crowd the narrow street lined with shuttered shops and a Coca-Cola sign. In the centre a smiling woman in a white top and white shawl extends her hand toward a pink and green floral offering, garlanded with orange marigolds and white jasmine. Around her, men in white kurtas and red shirts and women in sarees stand close, one man holding a long wooden pole. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in this scene.

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