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A photo of a ceremonial procession on a flower-garlanded elephant. On a raised white railed platform on the elephant's back, a man with long dark hair and a red-brown robe with a gold necklace holds a small round metal object and gestures outward. Beside him, a man in orange-saffron robes stands near the platform. Above them is a large woven umbrella with multicoloured tassels in red, green, yellow, blue and white. The elephant is decorated with marigold and other flower garlands in orange, yellow, pink, purple and white. A bare-chested attendant in a white dhoti stands at the lower right. The sky is pale blue.

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