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A photograph of an outdoor street procession in daylight with a blue sky and banana leaves overhead. In the right foreground, a bare-chested man with swept-back grey hair, a rudraksha-style yellow bead necklace, vibhuti on his forehead, a pink shawl over his shoulder and an orange-yellow dhoti is reaching out and handing something down toward the crowd. A tall wall-like decorative panel in yellow with painted peacocks stands behind the crowd. A man in a cream shirt and brown trousers leans in beside him, and a large chariot-like structure draped with red and white flower garlands is at the right edge. Many people in the crowd below stretch their arms up, some holding flower garlands, several wearing glasses and white shirts. a person is the man in the orange-yellow dhoti, identified by his swept-back grey hair, yellow bead necklace, pink shawl and bare-chested ceremonial dress, who is distributing offerings from the raised procession platform.

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