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Outdoor photo of a Bonalu procession at a temple street. A decorated cart or ratha is covered with garlands of pink, orange, yellow and white flowers and green leaves, with a golden deity murti in the centre. A bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala stands beside the deity, with a second devotee in pink sari behind him. Two young children in orange clothes stand near the cart. A man in cream kurta and a woman in teal blue sari with gold border stand in the foreground, viewed from behind. A golden temple gopuram rises in the background among trees. Visible people: about six.

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