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Outdoor procession in a mountain town with pine trees and rocky slopes behind. A smiling man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron robe, rudraksha mala and a red bindi, reaches toward a palanquin carrying metal utsava murtis of Malayappa Swami with consorts, decorated with garlands in pink, white and green. Several devotees in orange caps and orange shawls carry poles and bamboo-like rods beneath a red-and-orange canopy; a woman in a black jacket and orange shawl stands at right and a photographer with a video camera is at left. Persons visible: about ten.

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