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Outdoor street procession in a busy Indian town on a hazy day. Large crowd of men in white dhotis and white shirts walks down the road, many carrying tall orange flags with a dark emblem. Drummers with large barrel drums lead the group at front-left and right. At the centre, a decorated ratha/palanquin with a golden deity murti and a red-and-gold canopy sits above the crowd, with a multicoloured umbrella held aloft and a red ornate banner on a pole. Several men in saffron-orange garments and rudraksha malas walk near the centre. Buses, a truck, shops and a tall white gopuram temple tower stand along the street behind.

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