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A festival procession moves through a crowd of devotees, many in white dhotis and shirts, beneath a canopy of brightly coloured umbrellas in orange, pink, red, blue and green with fringed edges. Behind them rises an ornate golden processional structure with tiered domes and carved figures, carrying a seated deity murti under a small shrine arch, set among green trees and palms under a clear blue sky. The crowd is dense in the foreground, with some faces blurred and partly obscured.

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