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A temple procession at a shrine with a deity murti heavily decorated with marigold and red flower garlands under an orange-and-red canopy on a wheeled cart. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti stands on the left of the cart, hands raised in greeting, beside a man in white shirt and dhoti. In the foreground a crowd of men and young men press forward; one man in a saffron-orange head cloth and white shirt raises a hand, another in orange cloth gestures upward. Incense smoke drifts across the scene, a tray of offerings and bananas sits at the base of the cart, and the temple gopuram-style shrine with painted deity figures is behind. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable.

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