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Outdoor procession with musicians beside a red and maroon vehicle bearing painted deity images and a website banner. In the centre, a man in a yellow shirt, white dhoti and red waist sash plays a long nadaswaram-style horn, a vibhuti line on his forehead and beaded necklaces on his chest. Beside him, a man in white shirt and dhoti plays a long brass horn, and another in yellow shirt beats a drum. At right, a man in white shirt plays a dholak-style drum, with a saffron-clad devotee behind him. At left, a woman in white saree with red border stands arms folded. An orange and red decorated umbrella or ratha canopy with tassels stands at the upper right. Painted poster text on the vehicle reads a phone number and website.

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