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A street procession in a crowded village lane. Many people in white shirts and dhotis, some with saffron-and-white attire, carry decorated clay pots with yellow flowers and green leaves, including a woman in a yellow sari and a woman in a green sari. Men beat drums and blow a long horn at the right edge. A small white car at the top left has a photo pasted on its window and a 'PEETAM' sign. A man in white with a white tilak on his forehead and rudraksha malas stands near the centre holding a decorated pot. Ornate yellow-cream building walls frame the scene.

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