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Outdoor photo of a festival procession at a golden ratha chariot shrine with a carved pillared canopy and red drapes, housing two gilded deity murtis, one crowned and one seated on a throne. Two men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand at the base, one bending to adjust or offer near the feet of the murtis. Orange flags flank the shrine among green trees. Large crowds fill the foreground, including a young boy with a tilak, and a woman in a pink saree with a flower in her hair. Two framed portraits on poles show a bearded man in a white turban and dark suit. A camera operator in white records the scene. Dated 21-10-2006 in the corner.

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