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Outdoor procession on a dirt path beside orange-washed buildings and a tall tree at Sripuram in Hyderabad. Many devotees walk in a crowd; several women in white and yellow saris carry brass kalasha pots topped with flowers and coconuts, and a few participants have colourful powder on their faces and clothes. A small white-clad man with a camera on a stand films. Behind, a decorated palanquin or ratha with a canopy in red and yellow stripes carries figures in white and orange. Green shrubs line the right side.

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