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Outdoor evening procession on a paved open ground with trees and a clear sky. At centre, a decorated ratha or palanquin with a golden swan-neck frame, red and yellow tassels and a large orange canopy umbrella with garland drapes is carried forward. Crowds of devotees in white clothing, including men in white kurtas and women in white saris and green and yellow dresses, walk alongside and behind it. A cameraman films from the right. A small decorated shrine canopy stands at left, and a tall white lattice tower rises behind the chariot. A person seated or standing on the ratha is too small to identify, so no a person candidate is visible.

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