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A street procession on a busy road with a decorated golden ratha-style float carried on a yellow-orange truck. A large oval portrait on the float's top panel shows a smiling woman with a red bindi and orange clothing. Below, a white banner shows a similar smiling woman in orange robes beside a deity image with a red-and-gold figure. In front, two men walk and one rides a blue bicycle; a woman in a cream sari walks on the right. Yellow auto-rickshaws line the left side, and orange flags fly along the procession. Shop signage and scaffolding line the street. A camera timestamp in the lower right reads 11.18.2008 15:12.

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