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A street procession in an Indian city crowded with onlookers under a canopy of colourful bunting. At centre, a flower-garlanded ratha or palanquin is shaded by a large white and gold fringed umbrella, with a deity murti visible on its platform. Men in white dhoti and bare upper body walk beside it, and devotees in orange and saffron clothing crowd the road. Many coloured umbrellas in pink, blue, yellow, orange and red line the procession, with red flags carried aloft. Bystanders watch from the roadside, and a white building with red trim and a shop sign stands behind. A banner at lower left shows a painted or printed portrait with Devanagari text.

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