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A large outdoor procession on a dusty orange dirt road at a temple complex. A golden ornate palanquin with a domed canopy and a small golden kalasha-style finial sits on a flatbed vehicle marked with a white LIVE sign and black speakers; a man in white stands on it. Crowds of devotees in white dhotis and shirts, and many monastic men in saffron-orange robes, some bare-chested with rudraksha malas, walk alongside. Some hold their hands in anjali. A blue, yellow and purple ceremonial canopy with fleur-de-lis motifs runs along the right, with long ceremonial staffs. A red tractor with a green canopy is at lower left. Red brick walls and hills appear behind. No individual is clearly identifiable as a specific figure; the scene shows a procession with monastics and devotees.

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