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A large outdoor procession on a village road in bright daylight, with dozens of participants in white dhotis and shirts, some wearing orange or saffron shawls and rudraksha malas. Several colourful striped parasols with gold finials and embroidered fringes are raised overhead, and tall yellow and orange flags on poles line the crowd. In the foreground, drummers in white vests and red waistcloths play large drums, and a photographer raises a camera. Near the centre, a man with long dark hair wears an orange-red shawl and a gold chain, and a bearded man in orange robes and a gold necklace walks among the saffron-clad group. The crowd is dense, with many people visible, consistent with a ratha padayatra.

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