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A devotee with a red bindi on his forehead and a yellow-orange shawl over white clothing stands amid a ritual procession. A thin metal rod pierces through his cheek, with a plant of green leaves and a white pot-shaped vessel on it, while a man in a plaid shirt holds a leafy branch and tends to him. Yellow and white flower garlands hang around his neck and a red-and-white wheeled ratha frame with white pots is behind him. Other white-clad attendants stand nearby, and a flame burns in a pot at the upper left.

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