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Night photograph of a festival procession. A decorated ceremonial palanquin with a colourful painted canopy, yellow fringe, marigold garlands and red draped cloth stands under a lit lamp. Two attendants in white ritual dress tend it: on the left, a figure in saffron-orange robes with a silver crown and beaded neck garland holds a white whisk fan; on the right, a figure in white dhoti and white head wrap holds a second white fan beside the carriage poles. A third person in white sits at the lower left edge. Painted pillars with floral and bird motifs frame the structure, and a red banner with gold lettering hangs on the scaffold. Tall plants and night darkness fill the background.

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