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Outdoor procession on dusty ground in bright daylight. Red and orange ceremonial umbrellas with fringed edges are held aloft, and a yellow banner with Kannada script and a temple emblem hangs overhead. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a pink shawl plays a large round frame drum, while other men in white dhotis and shirts walk nearby. A bearded man in an orange-brown robe and rudraksha-style adornments walks at the right, and a woman in a deep orange sari stands beside an older man in white with glasses, holding a walking stick. A standing man in a white shirt and grey trousers looks on. Behind them stand a concrete block wall and green trees.

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