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A roadside procession on a rural road beside green fields and palm trees, with a multicolour fringed umbrella overhead. A long-haired man in a saffron-orange robe and rudraksha mala walks at centre, while beside him a bare-chested, grey-bearded man in an orange-and-green dhoti wears a white adhesive dressing on his arm. Men in white dhotis and a bare-chested man with a sandalwood-marked forehead follow nearby. At right, a white-clad man stands before a gilded altar-like panel holding a silver tray with a brass vessel, while a young assistant in orange sits behind. Saffron flags and a yellow-trimmed banner appear in the background. The scene reads as a ratha paada yatra procession.

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