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Outdoor procession on a wide pale concrete road with a bright hazy sky and trees behind. At centre, a palanquin-style canopy with white and multicoloured fringed valance is carried over a floral-garlanded deity murti. Ahead of it, a man in an orange-and-gold turban and ceremonial garland walks beside the palanquin. Crowds of women in saffron and orange saris and dhotis walk in front and beside it, several holding orange and pink umbrellas. Barefoot men in orange dhotis, one bare-chested, follow the palanquin. A woman in a pink sari and a woman in a green sari stand at the centre front. A woman at right carries a basket of flowers. Construction materials and domed structures are visible in the background.

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A festival procession moves along a dusty road lined with trees and distant pavilion domes. At the centre, a flower-garlanded deity murti is carried on a palanquin beneath a striped canopy with colourful fringed valance, and a raised ceremonial pole with a kalasha-like finial. A bare-chested man in orange cloth and a red turban walks near the murti, and a man in a white dhoti stands to the right. Women in saffron and orange saris and salwar, a pink dress and a green-and-blue sari walk among the crowd, and a woman carries a basket of bananas on her head. Orange parasols shade the left side of the procession.2017-01-11January 11 20172017-01-11January 11 20172017-01-11January 11 20172017-01-11January 11 20172017-01-11January 11 20172017-01-11Outdoor procession on a dusty construction-site road with excavators and stacked timber in the background, and golden domed pavilions at right. A large deity murti is carried on a palanquin draped with a lavish garland of marigold and white flowers beneath a white canopy with a multicoloured fringe. In front, men in white dhotis and a bare-chested man carry the palanquin. Behind it, a man in a red garland and red garment is seated in the middle. Women and girls in orange and saffron saris and rudraksha malas walk in the procession, one carrying a basket of fruit. Orange umbrellas shade the crowd.2017-01-11A procession on an open paved courtyard under a pale sky with trees behind. At the centre, a palanquin-style float carries a deity murti or framed portrait draped in a large garland of marigolds and red flowers, with a decorated canopy above, and a second ornamental parasol stands beside it. Bare-chested men in orange and white dhotis, some with rudraksha mala necklaces, walk alongside the float, and one older man in white dhoti and shawl walks at its front left. Women in orange saris and western-style light dresses follow; a woman in a green embroidered kurta and a girl in orange stand at the left edge. A man with a long swept-back hairstyle and an orange shawl walks at right, and a woman holds a flower basket.2017-01-11January 11 20172017-01-11January 11 20172017-01-11January 11 20172017-01-11January 11 20172017-01-11