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Outdoor festival procession with a tall copper dhwaja staff rising above the crowd, a red cloth and yellow streamer hanging from its top. A bare-chested man in a garland of marigolds stands high on a platform near the staff, with long hair, flanked by attendants. Many devotees in saffron/orange dhotis and shawls, some with bare upper bodies, surround the platform; orange and yellow decorated umbrellas and a red flag are carried in the crowd. A woman in white stands at the left edge, and coconut palms and trees fill the background. Several dhotis and umbrellas share the same vivid orange tones.

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