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A procession on a dirt path lined with palm and leafy trees. A flower-decorated ratha or palanquin with an orange canopy and garlands moves at the back, with a figure seated on it. In front, several people in saffron-orange robes carry golden tridents and staffs; a bald man in orange holds a yellow-and-orange garland, and a woman in a red-and-orange sari walks beside him. Men and women in white kurta and dhoti clothing, some with rudraksha or garlands, walk along in the background, and a man in white dhoti stands at the right edge. Roughly a dozen or more people are visible.

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