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Outdoor procession on a village road in bright daylight. At the centre, a smiling man in a saffron-orange robe, an orange turban, a dark rudraksha mala and a rust-coloured shawl walks forward holding a long pole of a colourful umbrella (chhatra). Around him, devotees in white dhotis and white shirts with orange and saffron shawls, and sannyasis in orange robes, carry tall poles of red, multicoloured and purple parasols with tasselled fringes. A woman in a white sari walks in the background. Thatched huts, palm trees and a small roadside sign appear behind the crowd, and a pennant with a round emblem hangs at right. Several people are visible, the procession has clearly more than a few members, and the scene is a ratha-style pilgrimage walk.

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