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A street procession in an Indian city. A seated figure in a red and orange robe with a red turban and gold necklaces raises a hand from a gold palanquin decorated with marigold and white flower garlands, under a gold fringed canopy. Two attendants in white dhotis and gold-bordered shawls walk alongside, one holding a long white fly-whisk and another steadying the palanquin. A red flag on a pole rises beside them. Police in khaki uniforms line the road and crowds watch from balconies and the roadside. Shops, a blue signboard and electricity poles fill the background.

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