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A golden palanquin procession (ratha/palanquin) moves through a crowd outdoors beneath palm fronds. The ornate gold-covered carriage is draped with white jasmine garlands, purple and marigold flower strings, and fringed canopies in orange, red and green, with a figure in red cloth reclining or seated on its cushioned platform. A bald man in white dhoti and shirt, with a sacred thread and mala, walks in the foreground holding a long gold-tipped staff. Other devotees in white and saris press close, some men holding the poles, and a row of red and orange flags stands behind the crowd beside a terracotta wall.

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