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Night photo of a procession at a temple or outdoor event. A man in an orange-red dhoti with a tall white-and-silver patterned crown and a beaded necklace stands on the left facing a golden palanquin. On the palanquin, a man in white with a cream turban and gold necklace sits cross-legged beside a golden peacock-like ornament and a red canopy. Another man in white dhoti with bare chest and folded hands sits to the right of him. A crowd of children and adults press forward with hands raised in namaste or reaching toward the palanquin, including a young girl in a red top and a blonde woman in a saree at right. A cameraman with a video camera is at far left. Background is dark with a green structure at right.

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