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Outdoor procession on a dusty dirt ground under a hazy sky. Many devotees in white clothes walk among tall saffron-orange flags carried on poles. Two men in front wear white kurta and dhoti with orange and yellow garlands; the one nearer the centre has an orange cap and carries a bag. Women in white saris and salwar walk alongside, and a woman in a blue patterned shawl stands at the left edge. Behind them a decorated temple tower or ratha with coloured ornaments rises, and a small colourful parasol appears. A blue signboard stands at the left. Crowd of devotees and children behind.

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