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An outdoor evening procession on a grassy ground with a dirt path. In the left foreground, young women in white dhotis-style saris with yellow and red shawls stand in a line, while many onlookers in white and colourful clothing gather behind them. Left of centre, a decorated palanquin or ratha with a deity murti, a colourful canopy and garlands moves through the crowd. On the right, a figure in an orange robe sits beneath a yellow umbrella on a draped platform with a red cushion, and a man in white stands gesturing toward devotees in white clothes. A multi-storey grey concrete building and trees form the background.

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