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A photograph of a festival procession on a dirt road. A white horse-drawn ratha/chariot, decorated with floral garlands, colourful festoons and a striped canopy umbrella, is pulled by white horses with gold-and-red caparisons. A line of men in white shirts and white dhotis, many wearing blue or white lanyards and rudraksha-style neck garlands, walks beside and behind the chariot. A man in a dark jacket and a man in a grey shirt walk among the horses. At the right edge a saffron-robed figure stands near the gate. A red-and-white telecom tower and trees appear in the background.

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