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Street procession in an Indian town, with a decorated palanquin or ratha carried through a dense crowd under a row of colourful multicoloured umbrellas in red, yellow, green, blue and pink. Red and orange flags fly above the crowd, and strings of triangular bunting in purple, green and yellow cross the street. Many people in orange, saffron and white clothing walk alongside; some stand on a raised wooden platform at right. Cars and a van line the road behind. A central figure in white sits on the palanquin area, though no identity can be confirmed from appearance. Dense crowd of many people, with more visible further back.

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