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A large outdoor crowd gathers in a street before a temple gateway during a procession. In the centre, a barefoot man in white dhoti and shirt, wearing a yellow-and-white flower garland and holding a bunch of green leaves, stands in an open space marked by a rope barrier. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand along the rope on the left. Men in white dhotis and shirts, one woman in a cream sari, and devotees with saffron flags fill the crowd. Behind them rises a decorated ratha or chariot with a colourful canopy and an ornate deity murti, beside a colourful umbrella. Small fruits lie scattered on the ground.

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