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Night procession at a temple festival. A man in saffron-orange robes and a long rudraksha mala holds a lit flame aloft in his right hand, walking in front of a decorated palanquin carrying deity murti adorned with garlands. Behind him, crowds of devotees in white dhotis and white shirts walk and clap, with drummers beating large drums at the lower right. Colourful umbrellas with tassels and a striped ornamental canopy shade the procession, and red lanterns glow on poles at the right edge. Several saffron-clad sannyasis walk among the white-clad crowd.

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