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Outdoor procession on a palm-lined path with devotees in white dhotis and white shirts, many carrying silver tridents and ceremonial staffs. Orange saffron flags and a decorated umbrella with a green, red and gold canopy, fringed in tassels, are visible. A smiling young man in the foreground in a white shirt and blue jeans, with a red tilak on his forehead and rudraksha malas, holds a silver trident aloft. Other participants wear white and orange sashes. A cameraman filming in the right foreground wears a white dhoti and orange waist cloth. A white-and-red striped wall runs along the left side. No recognizable a person figure is clearly visible.

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