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An outdoor procession on a paved courtyard under palm trees, with a covered open-sided pavilion at right. Shaved-headed men and boys in saffron-orange and red-orange dhotis and shawls, with rudraksha malas and gold necklaces, play long brass horns (tutari-style) and hand cymbals, and one man at centre carries a brass tray holding an orange cloth and offerings. A boy in front blows a horn and others carry a drum and small cymbals. Several young boys have white tilak markings on their foreheads. The scene reads as a temple-style ritual procession.

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