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A narrow lane in an Indian town under a red and white canopy, with a silver trident (trishul) in the left foreground. A group of devotees walks through, most wearing white clothes with red shawls and red-and-white garlands. A bald man in white with a red shawl and garland stands at centre, and a woman in white with a red shawl and orange marigold garland holds a small bouquet of green leaves. A woman with a fair complexion in a white top and red garland walks beside them, and a younger man in white with a red shawl and marigold garland stands at right. Behind them, more people in white and red follow past shuttered shop fronts and a red string of festoon flags. Another man in a checked shirt gestures at the trident. Nothing in the frame confirms the identity of the bald man in white; he is described by role and dress only.

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