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Outdoor procession on a paved courtyard beside a brick wall and leafy trees. A central figure in a brown-red robe with a white-and-pink garland and white forehead marking walks barefoot with hands folded in prayer, under a multicoloured fringed canopy carried on poles. Behind him, saffron-robed men carry a kalasha-like offering and a flower-garlanded decorative item. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala leads the procession with hands folded. Women and a man in white and blue salwar and saris stand on either side, also with hands folded in namaskar. Visible people: about ten.

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