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A festival procession on a street with a golden palanquin decorated with orange and white marigold garlands and gold finials. An orange umbrella with crystal fringe and a larger gold-and-brown canopy shade the palanquin. Several men in white dhotis with gold borders attend it; the man on the left, bare-chested with a camera raised, wears a white dhoti and gold armbands. Two men in front hold the red poles of the palanquin; one wears a red turban and orange garland, the other a white dhoti with gold border, bare torso and a rudraksha-style mala. Red and yellow flags and a yellow umbrella appear at the right edge. A small seated figure is partly visible inside the palanquin under a red cloth.

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