A family makes traditional disposable plates out of leaves in Sarkanda village of the Bargarh constituency
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A Congress flag flutters on a campaign vehicle in Bargarh city as a religious flag and a BJD banner can be seen in the background
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A man carries baskets and other cane-goods on his motorbike on a highway near Bargarh
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A family of travellers pass a roadside shrine in Bargarh with campaign hoardings in the background
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A massive Hanuman statue outside the Nrusinghanath temple near Paikamal, situated at the bottom of a hill believed to be the Gandhamardan Hill mentioned in the Ramayana
An angry Hanuman flag flutters at a motorcycle parked outside a temple in Sarkanda
A mud-hut painted with congratulatory messages for a wedding with a temple in the backdrop, in Sarkanda
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Hoardings of various political parties, such as the BJD, Congress, BJP and BSP dot the landscape of Bargarh during a hot afternoon, with sparse traffic on the road