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A busy street procession in an Indian market town, with a dense crowd of men, women and children lining both sides and filling the road. Several ornate palanquin-style carriages covered by colourful umbrellas and canopies move forward, one with a red canopy, another with a gold and red one, all decorated with flower garlands. Red and orange flags flutter above the carts. In the foreground, a man in white kurta and pants with a white head covering and a saffron-red sash stands on the raised platform of a carriage, one hand extended toward the crowd. Nearby, a man in white with a white cap also stands beside the cart. Shops, signboards and colourful bunting frame the street, and a tall painted banner of a saint in orange robes hangs above the road.

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