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A large outdoor crowd gathers on a green-painted ground at an event with golden temple structures and decorated stalls. Golden chariot-style carts stand at the back, each with a golden bull (nandi) and a raised seat draped in pink fabric, one bearing a deity murti. Colourful bunting and hanging tassels cover the top of the scene, and white canopies stretch overhead. Devotees in white kurtas, saffron and orange robes, saris and salwar kameez walk and stand among the crowd; a man in an orange turban and one in a saffron robe are visible. Several large decorative umbrellas in orange and green stand among the people. a person's presence is not clearly identifiable here.

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