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A religious procession moves along a dirt path between white apartment buildings. Two large multicoloured parasols with gold trim and fringe shelter a deity palanquin carried ahead. Many people in white clothes and rudraksha malas walk in the crowd. Several men in saffron-orange robes and orange garlands lead the procession, one holding a gold staff. A man in white with an orange shawl and camera bag stands at the right edge. Several young people in white and blue kurtas and saris are visible in the foreground. Many participants crowd the scene, with many more people in the background, and the event appears to be a Brahmotsava procession.

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