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A street procession in a hill town with a crowd of men in saffron and orange clothes. At centre, a long-haired man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala smiles while holding a pole of the palanquin. Behind him, a decorated palanquin carries a silver-and-gold deity murti of Venkateshwara with garlands in green, pink, yellow and white, flanked by two smaller attendant figures. Men carry a wooden pole on their shoulders, and trishul staffs rise among the crowd. Shops, a striped awning and pine trees frame the street.

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