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Outdoor street procession in bright daylight on a dusty road lined with crowds and roadside stalls. A red Mahindra 475 DI tractor with a Sapuncic-style logo leads, its driver in a red jacket and another man in a tan shirt at the wheel. Behind it, a decorated wooden float carries seated sannyasis in saffron and orange robes with rudraksha malas, under yellow and red ceremonial umbrellas. Uniformed police in khaki walk alongside, and a bald sannyasi in orange robes and beads walks in the foreground. Many devotees line the road, some in white dhotis and others in red and orange clothing.

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