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Outdoor photo at a temple procession. A smiling man with a red-orange headband and bare upper torso wears a long white and multicolour flower garland and an orange cloth over his shoulder, reaching to adjust the orange drape on a gilded deity murti in a teal sari-like robe. Flower garlands in red, yellow and white hang on the statue, and a peacock feather decorates the garland. A second smiling man in an orange headband stands at the left edge. Orange and gold tones dominate; a purple cloth covers the base. Watermarked copyright text appears in the image, but it is not transcribed.

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