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A night street procession moves along a crowded road lit by bright streetlamps and a glowing light. At the centre is a ratha-style palanquin canopy with a gold-trimmed roof, decorated with marigold and white flower garlands, sheltering a deity murti draped in garlands. Two men in bare upper bodies and white dhotis walk beside and push the ratha, one at left and one at right. A dense crowd of people fills the foreground and street, and shops with signs and hanging saffron and red flags line the right side. Visible text on a red sign and shopfronts is partly legible.

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