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Street procession in a crowded Indian town market. A man in white dhoti and shirt with rudraksha malas walks at the front; behind him a figure in white and gold-bordered dhoti holds a bright orange umbrella over a robed person. Several saffron-robed and white-clad devotees with beaded malas and gold pendants walk along the road. Shop fronts behind show signage including Devi Stores and a jewellery shop, with police officers and onlookers lining the street and metal barricades on the left. A videographer with a camera films the procession.

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