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A street procession in a small town, viewed from above, with several decorated vehicles lined up along a road. Foreground tractors and carts are richly painted with floral garlands, orange flags and ornate canopies, one carrying a large decorated deity murti under a fringed canopy. A blue-tarpaulined truck has a portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a garland, and a banana-leaf arrangement flanks it. Men in white dhotis and saffron cloths walk beside the vehicles while onlookers stand along the roadside. Shops, a State Bank of India branch, parked motorbikes and cars line the street.

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