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Night procession on a crowded street lined with shops and hanging cloth banners. In the centre, a man in a rust-red dhoti and a long gold chain necklace wears a white and red flower garland and a red-and-gold sash, hands folded, smiling. Flanking him, saffron-robed sannyasis in orange silk wraps walk beside him, one with a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant, another with a beaded mala. Men in white shirts and dhotis and a woman in white walk in the crowd behind, and a shop on the right displays colourful clothing. Path-lit procession with devotees.

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