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Outdoor temple procession on a dirt courtyard in front of an orange-brick building. A decorated ratha chariot dominates the centre, draped in marigold and yellow garlands, with a large orange and yellow canopy overhead and a deity murti seated on it. A man in orange robes stands on the chariot waving a white fan-like chamara, another in orange robes walks at its side. Around them a large crowd in white dhotis, white sarees and yellow-bordered shawls walks and watches, many with hands folded in devotion.

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