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A festival procession in warm low sunlight shows a large ornate golden ratha carrying a deity murti of Shiva decorated with garlands of flowers, with a tall crown-like headdress and a horizontal tripundra on the forehead. The chariot has a red-and-blue canopy, a carved gold frame and an elephant-shaped base. In front, a line of people in orange and saffron robes, white dhotis and gold-bordered clothing walk holding long ceremonial staves and plates of red flowers. A woman in the right foreground in a red-orange sari with a rudraksha mala and gold bangles stands with palms pressed together in namaste. A person at the left edge raises a small lamp or vessel. Onlookers stand in the background and along the road.

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