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Night photograph of an outdoor water tank with a stepped red-brick amphitheatre. A brightly decorated boat or float with vertical multicoloured striped draping, garlands and a red-orange hull sits in the water, with several men in white dhotis and white shirts wading around it and one standing on the float. Rows of spectators in white clothing fill the upper tiers under floodlights, and small lights line the steps. Scattered floating petals or flowers dot the dark water. Dhotis and clothing are white, the float is red, orange and striped. A figure on the float may be a priest or devotee; no clear identification is possible.

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