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A procession inside a hall decorated with hanging striped banners in red, blue, yellow and white. At the centre, a gold-framed palanquin carries a small deity murti garlanded with red and orange flowers, under a red and yellow canopy. Men in white dhotis and white shirts walk around it; a shaved-headed priest in white with an orange cloth at his waist walks in front, and attendants on either side hold tall gold staffs and a trident. Devotees in white, a woman in a green sari, and onlookers watch from the sides. The scene looks like a Dasara celebration procession at Sri Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam in Hyderabad.

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