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Outdoor procession under a canopy of banana leaves and a red-and-gold cloth awning beside a decorated palanquin draped with flower garlands in red, orange and white. A man in a purple-and-white checked shirt with a saffron-yellow shawl and white dhoti stands on the platform near a woman in a yellow sari and a bare-chested younger man in a pink dhoti and white shawl. A crowd of mostly white-clad devotees stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. At the far right, a long-haired man in saffron-orange clothing faces the procession with hands folded. A bunch of green bananas hangs beside the canopy, and a yellow cloth panel with painted birds is behind the crowd.

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