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A night-time street procession moving along a road lit by sodium streetlights. Many devotees walk in white and orange clothing, with women in white saris edged in red and orange saris prominent in the foreground. Several people carry tall red and orange flags on poles, and a white cut-out silhouette of a standing figure with a staff is held aloft on the right. An older man with a shaved head and white dhoti with an orange sash stands at left, and a figure in an orange robe with red sash walks in the background. Police in dark uniforms line the procession at left. Overall a crowded yatra with flags and devotional banners.

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