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A festive street procession in a crowded Indian town. A seated figure in a rust-orange turban, orange robe, gold necklaces and flower garlands rides on a golden palanquin with fringed red, green and purple tassels, surrounded by scattered rose petals. Behind him a standing attendant in white with a gold necklace raises one hand toward the crowd. Dense onlookers line the street beneath shop signs, including one reading Maneesh Garments. The seated figure's appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to confirm identity from visible cues alone, so no identification is asserted; the scene is a palanquin procession with devotees and crowds.

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