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A procession on a bare dirt ground under an overcast sky, with palm trees and leafy trees behind. Several men in saffron-orange robes walk in a group, several carrying small brass vessels or lamps. Two decorated parasols with orange and gold canopies and red-and-blue triangular emblems are carried over the group, and a multicoloured parasol is held in the centre. In the foreground, a man in white kurta and dhoti holds a striped drum slung over his shoulder, and another in white plays a drum with a yellow strap at right. A taller man in orange robes with long hair walks at right. Procession, ratha-style parasol escort, drumming, saffron-clad sannyasis.

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