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A decorated ratha chariot procession with a red and yellow canopy topped with silver figures, draped in red and pink silk flowers and garlands. A man in a white kurta with gold trim and a red-and-gold turban sits at the wooden wheel, holding the steering rod, with a white Jagannath-style deity murti with large round eyes beside him. A bare-chested man in an orange cloth with a rudraksha-style bead necklace stands at the left holding a white chamara fan on a long handle. Flower-decorated railings frame the foreground.

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