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A procession under a decorated orange and red canopy with yellow and blue ornamental pillars. Men in white kurtas and orange shawls carry a wooden palanquin-style pole, and a yellow-scarfed man in white walks in front. Behind them, saffron-robed sannyasis and a bald monk in orange clothing raise a hand. Inside the pavilion, deity murtis with garlands sit on a decorated platform beneath a framed portrait of a robed figure. A shaved-headed man in orange at right raises his arm. Several spectators stand in the background, and a camera operator is visible at left edge.

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