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A street scene during a ritual procession: a crowd of devotees stands with palms pressed together in namaste along a narrow residential road. In the foreground a woman in a blue and gold saree holds her hands folded, and beside her a small wooden table bears a silver aarti plate and a lamp. Men in white shirts and dhotis, a woman in a green saree, and an older woman in a brown saree join in. At the right a man in an orange shawl bends forward toward the offering table. A white van and a parked motorbike line the road, and a stone wall with plants is visible on the right.

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