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A long procession of devotees walks along a roadside on a hazy day, many carrying brass pots or offering trays of flowers and fruit on their heads. Men wear white dhotis and shirts with white garlands, and women wear white and cream saris with red and gold borders; one woman in the foreground wears an orange-and-white sari with an orange garland. A small child in a dark outfit walks at the right edge. Beside them an orange-and-red truck with a tarpaulin-covered load and several buses and vehicles travel the road, and a white flag is carried in the crowd. Palm trees line the route.

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