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Outdoor ceremonial scene at a procession or public event. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with a sacred thread and an orange cloth is offering a fruit to a woman seated on a golden ratha-style chariot canopy. Her yellow blouse and purple sari are highlighted, with a red tilak on her forehead, jasmine and marigold garlands in her hair, and a tall garland around her neck. Around them, men in white shirts and orange shawls and dhotis stand with marigold garlands, one holding a tray of yellow flowers and leaves. A wooden chariot decorated with dark green and gold fabric and a peacock-feather fan frames the scene. The man in the foreground wears a garland and orange cloth, and his identity is not visible from the image itself.

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