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Outdoor procession under an open roofed pavilion on a pale concrete courtyard. Several umbrellas (chatras) with fringed, embroidered canopies in red, purple, gold and yellow are carried on long poles by participants. At centre, a shirtless man in a white and cream dhoti with a rudraksha-style necklace carries a brass tray holding a kalasha-like vessel and small offerings. Around him, people in saffron and orange robes and white dhotis walk barefoot. A woman in deep orange sari holds a umbrella pole, and a man in a red turban and white dhoti walks nearby. Ritual procession.

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