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A photograph of a festival procession decorated for a ritual event. In the foreground, a figure in saffron/orange robes and a matching orange headband lifts or supports a richly decorated deity murti with a gold crown, wearing a green and red sari-like drape, purple and yellow skirt, and flower garlands in yellow, white, red and purple. Another person in saffron robes stands at the left, with a second orange-clad figure behind them and a few additional people partly visible. The setting is a covered structure with an orange and white cloth backdrop with gold dots, and flower garlands are draped over a platform at lower left. Multiple people are visible, but none can be identified from appearance; this is a photo of a deity being carried in a procession.

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