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Outdoor festival procession on dusty ground with a crowd of devotees. Men in white shirts and dhotis wear orange shawls and stoles, while a man in white holds a tall brass ornamental staff topped with a golden finial and a bundle of greenery aloft. Behind them, ornate orange and yellow decorated ceremonial banners and umbrellas rise above the crowd, and a white horse with decorations stands at left. Many people in white and colourful saris and kurtas raise their hands and smile, with a few children visible among the onlookers. Some men wear orange kerchiefs and a man in a pale yellow shirt stands centre front. The scene reads as a festival procession or ratha-style parade.

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